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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaGeorge Washington CROMER
(1856-1936)
CROMER, George Washington,
a Representative from Indiana; born near Anderson, Madison County,
Ind., May 13, 1856; attended the common schools and Wittenberg
College, Springfield, Ohio, and was graduated from the Indiana
University at Bloomington in 1882; became editor of the Muncie
(Ind.) Times in 1883; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1886
and commenced practice in Muncie, Delaware County, Ind.;
prosecuting attorney for the forty-sixth judicial circuit of
Indiana 1886-1890; member of the State Republican committee in 1892
and 1894; mayor of Muncie 1894-1898; elected as a Republican to the
Fifty-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1899-March 3, 1907); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906
to the Sixtieth Congress; resumed the practice of his profession in
Muncie, Ind., until his death in that city November 8, 1936;
interment in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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