George W. Cromer Explained

George W. Cromer
Office1:Prosecuting Attorney of the 46th Judicial Court of Indiana
Term Start1:1886
Term End1:1890
Office2:9th Mayor of Muncie, Indiana
Term Start2:1894
Term End2:1898
Predecessor2:Arthur W. Brady
Successor2:Edward Tuhey
Office3:Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 8th congressional district
Term Start3:March 4, 1899
Term End3:March 3, 1907
Predecessor3:Charles L. Henry
Successor3:John A.M. Adair
Birth Date:1856 5, mf=yes
Birth Place:Anderson, Indiana, United States
Death Date:November 8, 1936 (aged 80)
Death Place:Muncie, Indiana, United States
Party:Republican

George Washington Cromer (May 13, 1856 – November 8, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician who had four terms as a U.S. representative from Indiana from 1899 to 1907.

Early life and education

Born near Anderson, Indiana, Cromer attended the common schools and Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio. He studied law and graduated from the Indiana University at Bloomington in 1882.

Career

He became editor of the Muncie Times in 1883. He was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice in Muncie, Indiana. He was prosecuting attorney for the forty-sixth judicial circuit of Indiana from 1886 to 1890, a member of the State Republican committee in 1892 and 1894, and mayor of Muncie from 1894 to 1898.

Congress

Cromer was elected as a Republican to the 56th and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1907).[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1906 to the 60th Congress.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of his profession in Muncie until his death there at the age of 80, and was interred in Beech Grove Cemetery.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903 . GovInfo.gov . U.S. Government Printing Office . 2 July 2023 . 28 . 9 November 1903.