George Potter Darrow (February 4, 1859 – June 7, 1943) was a
Republican member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
George Darrow was born in
Waterford, Connecticut. He graduated from
Alfred University
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in
Alfred, New York
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The Town of Alfred has a village named Alfred in the center of the town.
Alfred University and Alfred State College are located in th ...
, in 1880. He moved to
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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, in 1888 and engaged in
banking
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Because ...
, in the manufacture of
paints, and in the
insurance
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business. He was president of the Twenty-second Sectional School Board of Philadelphia 1906–09, and a member of the Philadelphia Common Council 1910–15.
Darrow was elected to Congress as a Republican in 1914 to the
64th Congress
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and served until he was succeeded January 3, 1937. He had been an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936. He was elected to the
67th Congress
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and served from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1941. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1940.
Darrow died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
and is buried there at
Ivy Hill Cemetery.
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1859 births
1943 deaths
People from Waterford, Connecticut
School board members in Pennsylvania
Alfred University alumni
Philadelphia City Council members
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Burials at Ivy Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)
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