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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaGeorge W. GILLIE
(1880-1963)
GILLIE, George W., a
Representative from Indiana; born in Berwickshire, Scotland, August
15, 1880; moved to the United States with his parents, who settled
in Kankakee, Ill., in 1882 and in Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1884;
attended the public schools, International Business College, Fort
Wayne, Ind., in 1898, and Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.,
1899-1901; was graduated from Ohio State University at Columbus in
1907 as doctor of veterinary surgery; meat and dairy inspector of
Allen County, Ind., 1908-1914; began the practice of veterinary
medicine in Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1914; sheriff of Allen County
1917-1920, 1929-1930, and 1935-1937; elected as a Republican to the
Seventy-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1939-January 3, 1949); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1948 to the Eighty-first Congress; engaged in agricultural
pursuits; jury commissioner for the Federal courts for the northern
district of Indiana; resident of Fort Wayne, Ind., until his death
there on July 3, 1963; interment in Lindenwood Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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