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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—South CarolinaTheodore Gaillard CROFT
(1874-1920)
CROFT, Theodore Gaillard,
(son of George William Croft), a Representative from South
Carolina; born in Aiken, Aiken County, S.C., November 26, 1874;
attended the common schools; was graduated from Bethel Military
Academy, Warrenton, Va., in 1895 and from the law department of the
University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1897; was admitted to
the bar the same year and commenced practice in Aiken, S.C.;
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of his father, George W. Croft, and
served from May 17, 1904, to March 3, 1905; was not a candidate for
renomination in 1904; resumed the practice of law in Aiken, S.C.;
member of the State house of representatives in 1907 and 1908;
served in the State senate 1909-1912; enlisted in the U.S. Army
October 29, 1918; was assigned to duty as a private in the Field
Artillery Central Officers’ Training School, Camp Zachary
Taylor, and served until December 5, 1918, when he was honorably
discharged; resumed the practice of law; died in Aiken, S.C., March
23, 1920; interment in St. Thaddeus’ Episcopal
Churchyard.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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