George K. Denton

George Kirkpatrick Denton (born November 17, 1864 in Sebree , Webster County , Kentucky , †  January 4, 1926 in Evansville , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1917 and 1919 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Denton attended his home public schools and the Van Horn Institute . He then studied at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware ( Ohio ). After a subsequent law degree at Boston University and his admission to the bar in 1893, he began to work in this profession in Evansville (Indiana). In this capacity, he was also an advisor to Intermediate Life Insurance Co.

Politically, Denton was a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1916 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Charles Lieb on March 4, 1917 . Since he was defeated by Republican Oscar R. Luhring in 1918 , he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1919 . This was shaped by the events of the First World War .

After retiring from the US House of Representatives, Denton returned to practice as a lawyer. In 1924 he applied unsuccessfully for the position of judge at the Supreme Court of Indiana . In the run-up to the US Senate elections in 1926, Denton ran for his party's nomination. But he died before the primaries on January 4, 1926 in Evansville. George Denton was the father of Congressman Winfield K. Denton (1896–1971).

Web links

• George K. Denton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George K. Denton in the database of Find a Grave (English)