George Glover Crocker | |
Birth Date: | 15 December 1843 |
Birth Place: | Boston, Massachusetts |
Death Place: | Cohasset, Massachusetts |
Nationality: | American |
Occupation: | Lawyer |
Children: | Courtenay Crocker, Margaret Crocker, Lyneham Crocker, Muriel Crocker |
Office: | Chairman of the Massachusetts State Board of Railroad Commissioners |
Term Start: | February 1887 |
Term End: | January 1892 |
Office2: | Member of the Massachusetts State Board of Railroad Commissioners |
Term Start2: | February 1887 |
Term End2: | January 1892 |
Term Start3: | 1883 |
Term End3: | 1883 |
Successor3: | George A. Bruce |
Term Start4: | 1880 |
Term End4: | 1883 |
Term Start5: | 1873 |
Term End5: | 1874 |
Alma Mater: | Boston Latin School, 1860; Harvard College, 1864; Harvard Law School, 1866 |
Spouse: | Annie Bliss Keep; m. June 19, 1875 |
Signature: | Signature of George Glover Crocker (1843–1913).png |
George Glover Crocker (1843–1913) was an American politician and attorney in Massachusetts. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and in the Massachusetts Senate, later becoming president of the Senate.[1] He was a member of the Republican Party.
Crocker was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 15, 1843 to Uriel Crocker and Sarah Kidder (Haskell) Crocker. He attended Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
Crocker was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in Suffolk County on July 3, 1867. A member of the Republican Party, Crocker was later elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, serving from 1873 to 1874. He was later elected to the Massachusetts Senate, serving from 1880 to 1883, and was president of the Senate in 1883. He later became a member and chairman of the Massachusetts State Board of Railroad Commissioners.
He died at his summer home in Cohasset on May 26, 1913, aged 69.