George W. Loft

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George William Loft (February 6, 1865 - November 6, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from New York, USA.

Born in New York City, Loft attended the public schools. He engaged in the manufacture of candy from early boyhood. He served as director in several corporations.

Loft was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Timothy D. Sullivan. He was reelected in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress and served from November 4, 1913, to March 3, 1917. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1916. He resumed the candy manufacturing business until 1929, when he founded the South Shore Trust Co. in Rockville Centre, New York, and served as president until his death. He died in Baldwin, New York, November 6, 1943. He was interred in St. Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, New York City.

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• George W. Loft at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress