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  Durgan, George
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NameGeorge Durgan
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Lafayette, Indiana , United States
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Born January 20, 1872
DiedJanuary 13, 1942 (69 years)
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InfoDURGAN, George Richard, a Representative from Indiana; born in Westpoint, Tippecanoe County, Ind., January 20, 1872; attended the village school in Westpoint; moved to La Fayette, Ind., in 1892 and was employed as a clerk and later as a traveling salesman; engaged in mercantile pursuits; mayor of La Fayette 1904-1913 and 1917-1925; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1912; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress; resumed mercantile pursuits; appointed to the Indiana Public Service Commission in 1941 and moved to Indianapolis, Ind.; died in Indianapolis January 13, 1942; interment in Springvale Cemetery, La Fayette, Ind.


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  01/29/1935 IN District 2 - Special Election Lost 47.26% (-5.49%)
  11/06/1934 IN District 2 Lost 45.75% (-8.13%)
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