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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—South CarolinaGeorge William CROFT
(1846-1904)
CROFT, George William,
(father of Theodore Gaillard Croft), a Representative from South
Carolina; born in Newberry County, S.C., December 20, 1846;
attended the common schools in Greenville, S.C.; entered the South
Carolina Military Academy at Charleston in 1863; the cadets of that
institution were mustered into the Confederate Army in 1864 and
served until the close of the Civil War; attended the University of
Virginia at Charlottesville in 1866 and 1867; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in Aiken, S.C.,
in 1870; president of the State bar association; member of the
State house of representatives, 1882-1883 and 1901-1902; served in
the State senate; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth
Congress and served from March 4, 1903, until his death in
Washington, D.C., on March 10, 1904; interment in St.
Thaddeus’ Episcopal Churchyard, Aiken, S.C.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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