George W. Cromer

George Washington Cromer was an American lawyer and politician who had four terms as a U.S. representative from Indiana from 1899 to 1907.

Early life and education

Born near Anderson, Indiana, Cromer attended the common schools and Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio. He studied law and graduated from the Indiana University Bloomington in 1882.

Career

He became editor of the Muncie Times in 1883. He was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice in Muncie, Indiana. He was prosecuting attorney for the forty-sixth judicial circuit of Indiana from 1886 to 1890, a member of the State Republican committee in 1892 and 1894, and mayor of Muncie from 1894 to 1898.

Congress

Cromer was elected as a Republican to the 56th and to the three succeeding Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1906 to the 60th Congress.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of his profession in Muncie until his death there at the age of 80, and was interred in Beech Grove Cemetery.