George W. McCrary
(August 29, 1835 — June 23, 1890) McCrary was a lawyer, judge, and politician. George Washington McCrary was born in Evansville, Indiana in 1835 and moved to the Iowa Territory in 1836 with his parents. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1856. McCrary served as a member in the State House of Representatives in 1857 and in the State Senate from 1861 to 1865. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1877, He was appointed Secretary of War by President Hayes and served in that capacity from March 12, 1877 to December 11, 1879. He later served as a judge in the eighth judicial circuit before moving to Missouri where he died in 1890.
[Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000379]
Member of
Iowa Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875
[this display].