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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaWilliam Henry LARRABEE
(1870-1960)
LARRABEE, William Henry, a
Representative from Indiana; born on a farm near Crawfordsville,
Montgomery County, Ind., February 21, 1870; attended the public
schools, Indiana Central Normal School at Danville, and Indiana
State Normal School at Terre Haute; taught in public schools at New
Palestine, Ind., 1889-1895; was graduated from the Indiana School
of Medicine at Indianapolis in 1898; commenced practice of medicine
and surgery in New Palestine, Ind., in 1898; secretary of Hancock
County Board of Health in 1917 and 1918; served on the city council
of New Palestine, Ind., 1916-1920; member of the State house of
representatives 1923-1925; elected as a Democrat to the
Seventy-second and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1931-January 3, 1943); chairman, Committee on the Census
(Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses), Committee on
Education (Seventy-fifth through Seventy-seventh Congresses);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth
Congress; resumed the practice of medicine and surgery; died in New
Palestine, Ind., November 16, 1960; interment in New Palestine
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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