George W. Croft
U.S. Congressperson
1846 – 1904
Who was George W. Croft?
George William Croft was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, father of Theodore Gaillard Croft.
Born in Newberry County, South Carolina, Croft attended the common schools in Greenville, South Carolina. He entered the South Carolina Military Academy at Charleston in 1863. Along with all the other cadets at the Citadel, he was mustered into the Confederate States Army in 1864 and served until the close of the Civil War.
He attended the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1866 and 1867, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in Aiken, South Carolina, in 1870. He served as president of the State bar association.
He served as member of the State House of Representatives from 1882-1883 and 1901-1902. He served in the State Senate in 1880.
Croft was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1903, until his death from a splinter in Washington, D.C., on March 10, 1904. He was interred in St. Thaddeus' Episcopal Churchyard, Aiken, South Carolina.
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- Born
- Dec 20, 1846
Newberry County - Also known as
- George Croft
- Profession
- Education
- University of Virginia
- Died
- Mar 10, 1904
Washington, D.C.
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on July 23, 2013
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