George W. Murray

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George Washington Murray (1853 - 1926), a Representative from South Carolina; born near Rembert, Sumter County, South Carolina, September 22, 1853; attended the public schools and the University of South Carolina at Columbia; taught school for fifteen years; inspector of customs at the port of Charleston, South Carolina, 1890-1892; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1895); successfully contested the election of William Elliott to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from June 4, 1896, to March 3, 1897; engaged in the real estate business; moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1905 and engaged in literary pursuits and lecturing; delegate to several Republican National Conventions; died in Chicago, Illinois, April 21, 1926; interment in Lincoln Cemetery.

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Murray, George Washington. Race Ideals: Effects, Cause, and Remedy for the Afro-American Race Troubles. Princeton, Indiana: Smith & Sons Publishing Company, 1914.

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