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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaThurman Charles CROOK
(1891-1981)
CROOK, Thurman Charles, a
Representative from Indiana; born on a farm near Peru, Miami
County, Ind., July 18, 1891; attended the Cass County schools,
Logansport High School, Indiana State Normal, Purdue University,
Indiana University, and graduated from Valparaiso University in
1930; learned the carpentry and cement trades; taught departmental
work and coached athletics in Indiana high schools 1913-1948;
member of the State house of representatives 1939-1943; served in
the State senate 1943-1947; fruit grower near Logansport, Ind.,
1924-1947; unsuccessful for the Democratic nomination in 1946 to
the Eightieth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first
Congress (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1951); unsuccessful candidate
for reelection in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress and for
election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress; farmer,
horticulturist, and sheep raiser; was a resident of Macy, Ind.,
until his death in Rochester, Ind., on October 23, 1981.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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