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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IowaGeorge Washington McCRARY
(1835-1890)
McCRARY, George
Washington, a Representative from Iowa; born near
Evansville, Vanderburg County, Ind., August 29, 1835; moved to the
Territory of Iowa in 1836 with his parents, who settled in Van
Buren County; attended the public schools; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in Keokuk, Iowa;
member of the State house of representatives in 1857; served in the
State senate in 1861-1865; elected as a Republican to the
Forty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1869-March 3, 1877); chairman, Committee on Elections (Forty-second
Congress), Committee on Railways and Canals (Forty-third Congress);
was not a candidate for renomination in 1876; Secretary of War in
the Cabinet of President Hayes from March 12, 1877, to December 11,
1879, when he resigned; served as United States judge of the eighth
judicial circuit 1880-1884; moved to Kansas City, Mo.; became
general counsel for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Co. in 1884; died in St. Joseph, Mo., June 23, 1890; interment in
Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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