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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaGeorge Richard DURGAN
(1872-1942)
DURGAN, George Richard, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Westpoint, Tippecanoe County,
Ind., January 20, 1872; attended the village school in Westpoint;
moved to La Fayette, Ind., in 1892 and was employed as a clerk and
later as a traveling salesman; engaged in mercantile pursuits;
mayor of La Fayette 1904-1913 and 1917-1925; delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in 1912; elected as a Democrat to
the Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth
Congress; resumed mercantile pursuits; appointed to the Indiana
Public Service Commission in 1941 and moved to Indianapolis, Ind.;
died in Indianapolis January 13, 1942; interment in Springvale
Cemetery, La Fayette, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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