George W. Croft

George William Croft (December 20, 1846 – March 10, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, father of Theodore Gaillard Croft.

Born in Newberry County, South Carolina, Croft attended the common schools in Greenville, South Carolina. He entered the South Carolina Military Academy at Charleston in 1863. The cadets of that institution were mustered into the Confederate States Army in 1864 and served until the close of the Civil War. He attended the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1866 and 1867. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in Aiken, South Carolina, in 1870. He served as president of the State bar association. He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1882 to 1883 and 1901-1902. He served in the State senate.

Croft was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1903, until his death from a splinter in Washington, D.C., on March 10, 1904. He was interred in St. Thaddeus' Episcopal Churchyard, Aiken, South Carolina.

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