Lincoln Bancroft (June 30, 1877 – July 16, 1942) was an American businessman and politician.

Biography

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, Bancroft studied law in

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. He was in the real estate and oil business. He served as mayor of Greenup, Illinois and was a

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. He served in the

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from 1917 to 1929. Bancroft died in an automobile accident near

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when his automobile crashed into a bridge on United States Route 45."Ex-Representative Killed In Crash", ''Centralia Evening Sentinel'', July 17, 1942, pg. 7

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* 1877 births 1932 deaths People from Greenup, Illinois Businesspeople from Illinois Mayors of places in Illinois Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives Road incident deaths in Illinois {{Illinois-Ilrepresentative-stub