George Washington Crouse (November 23, 1832 – January 5, 1912) was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Ohio

Ohio

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Born in Tallmadge, Ohio

Tallmadge, Ohio

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, Crouse attended the common schools.
He taught school for five years.
He moved to Akron, Ohio

Akron, Ohio

Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...

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Deputy in offices of county auditor and treasurer 1855-1858.
Auditor of Summit County from 1858 to 1863, he then served as county treasurer in 1863.
Manager in 1863 of the Akron branch of C. Altman &.
Co., dealers in farming implements.
Upon the organization of Altman, Miller &.
Co. in 1865, as a separate corporation, Crouse became secretary and treasurer, and later its president.
During the Civil War

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 Crouse served as sergeant in Company F, One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in fortifications around Washington in 1864.
He served as member and president of the city council for four years and of the board of education of the city of Akron four years.
He was commissioner of Summit County in 1874 and 1875 and served as a member of the State senate from 1885 to 1887.

Crouse was elected as a Republican

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 to the Fiftieth

50th United States Congress

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 Congress (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889) but declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1888, resuming former business activities.
His daughter, Mary, married David Marshall Mason

David Marshall Mason

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 from Scotland

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 who was a Member of Parliament

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 at Westminster

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He died in Akron, Ohio

Akron, Ohio

Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...

, January 5, 1912 and was interred in Glendale Cemetery.

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