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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaGeorge Washington RAUCH
(1876-1940)
RAUCH, George Washington,
a Representative from Indiana; born on a farm near Warren in
Salamonie Township, Huntington County, Ind., February 22, 1876;
attended the common schools and Valparaiso (Ind.) Normal School
(now Valparaiso University); was graduated from the Northern
Indiana Law School at Valparaiso in 1902; was admitted to the bar
the same year and commenced the practice of law in Marion, Grant
County, Ind.; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth and to the four
succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1917); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress;
resumed the practice of his profession in Marion, Ind., served on
the board of directors of the Motor Securities Corporation and as
president and treasurer of the Davis Records Co.; appointed a
Federal bank receiver for banks in Swayzee, Sheridan, and Marion,
Ind., serving from 1930 to 1939; member of the city school board
1927-1933; died in Marion, Ind., November 4, 1940; interment in
Masonic Cemetery, Warren, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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