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Crofoot, Girdner —
of Cottonwood Falls, Chase
County, Kan.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas,
1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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Crofoot, L. W. —
Justice
of Dakota territorial supreme court, 1888-89.
Burial
location unknown.
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Crofoot, Michael E.
(1822-1884) —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., March 14,
1822.
Son of Louisa Crofoot (1790-1855) and Charles Crofoot.
Democrat. Lawyer; Oakland
County Probate Judge, 1849-56; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1856.
Died in Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., May 11,
1884 (age 62 years, 58
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Mich.
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| | CROFT:
See also
Joseph
Edward Baird —
Peter
Lind |
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Croft, Allen P. (b. 1854) —
of Enosburg Falls, Enosburg, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born in Enosburg, Franklin
County, Vt., 1854.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Enosburg, 1910.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Croft, David Wallace —
Libertarian. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 26th District, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Croft, Eric —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Democrat. Member of Alaska
state house of representatives 15th District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Croft, Frank P. —
of Montgomery
County, Pa.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1915-18; candidate in primary for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1922.
Burial
location unknown.
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Croft, George William
(1846-1904) —
of Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., December
20, 1846.
Son of Theodore Gaillard Croft and Eliza Webb (D'Oyley) Croft.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1880; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1882-83, 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1903-04; died in
office 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., 1904
(age about
57 years).
Interment at St.
Thaddeus' Episcopal Churchyard, Aiken, S.C.
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Croft, J. W. —
of Waynesboro, Franklin
County, Pa.
Burgess
of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, 1933, 1937.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Croft, Juanita —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1972.
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Croft, Percy —
of Roseburg, Douglas
County, Ore.
Mayor
of Roseburg, Ore., 1953-54.
Still living as of 1954.
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Croft, Sidney F. —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1952.
Still living as of 1952.
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Croft, Theodore Gaillard
(1874-1920) —
also known as Theodore G. Croft —
of South Carolina.
Born in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., November
26, 1874.
Son of George William Croft.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1904-05; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1907-08; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1909-12.
Died in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., March 23,
1920 (age 45 years, 118
days).
Interment at St.
Thaddeus' Episcopal Churchyard, Aiken, S.C.
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Croker, Richard Welsted
(1841-1922) —
also known as Richard Croker —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; County Dublin, Ireland.
Born in Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland,
November
23, 1841.
Son of Eyre Coote Croker (1800-1881) and Frances Laura (Welsted)
Croker (1807-1894).
Democrat. Railroad
mechanic; charged
with the murder
of a political enemy in 1874; tried and
found not guilty; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1888,
1892.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Leader of Tammany Hall from 1886 until 1901.
Suffered exposure during a snowstorm,
was ill for months, and subsequently died, in County Dublin, Ireland,
April
29, 1922 (age 80 years, 157
days).
Original interment at Glencairn
House Grounds, County Dublin, Ireland; reinterment in 1939 at Kilgobbin
Cemetery, County Dublin, Ireland.
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Relatives: Son
of Eyre Coote Croker (1800-1881) and Frances Laura (Welsted) Croker
(1807-1894); married, November
1, 1873, to Elizabeth Frazer (1853-1914); married, November
26, 1914, to Bula Benton Edmonson (1884-1957). |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
Woltman |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, February 1902 |
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Crolius, Clarkson
(1774-1843) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
30, 1774.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1805-07, 1816-22, 1824-25;
Speaker
of the New York State Assembly, 1825; colonel in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died October
5, 1843 (age 68 years, 340
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Crolius, Clarkson, Jr. (b.
1801) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in 1801.
Son of Clarkson Crolius.
Member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1850-51.
Burial
location unknown.
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Crolius, Edward —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Mayor
of Rahway, N.J., 1889.
Burial
location unknown.
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Crolius, William C. —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Mayor
of Joliet, Ill., 1903-05.
Burial
location unknown.
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Croll, Arch B. —
of Mt. Carmel, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1948.
Still living as of 1948.
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Croll, Henry, Jr. (b.
1875) —
of Beaverton, Gladwin
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., April 22,
1875.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Clare District, 1913-20.
German
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1896
to Bessie L. Thomson. |
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Croll, William Martin
(1866-1929) —
also known as William M. Croll —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh
County, Pa., April 9,
1866.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1923-25;
defeated, 1924.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., October
21, 1929 (age 63 years, 195
days).
Interment at Laureldale
Cemetery, Laureldale, Pa.
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