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McCroskey, Robert Crampton "R.C."
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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Robert Crampton "R.C." McCroskey |
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Garfield, Washington , United States |
| Email | None |
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March 10, 1845
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| Died | March 20, 1922
(77 years)
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Modifed | Mr. Matt
Mar 10, 2013 07:34am |
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| Info | R.C. McCroskey, Democratic senator from Whitman County, Sixth district, was born on a farm in Monroe County, Tennessee, March 10, 1845; in 1862 enlisted in the Confederate army, in which he served to the close of the war, having by promotion and seniority succeeded to the command of his regiment, which before he was twenty years of age he led in the battles of Franklin, Bentonville, and other less important engagements; at the close of the war returned to his parents' home on the farm, alternately laboring and going to school till his graduationk, when he went to California, there engaged in farming and at the same time became prominent in educational matters, having been thrice consecutively elected to the office of school superintendent of Monterey County; sedentary life not agreeing with his health, he engaged exclusively in farming until 1887, when he sold out and came to Garfield, Whitman County, where he bought between 800 and 900 acres of land, in the cultivation of which he is now engaged.
Legislative Manual of Washington, 1891-2, C.M. Barton.
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