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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = William Martin Croll<br />
| image name = WilliamMartinCroll.jpg<br />
| caption = Croll in 1923<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1866|04|09}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Upper Macungie Township, Pennsylvania]], U.S.<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1929|10|21|1866|04|09}}<br />
| death_place = [[Reading, Pennsylvania]], U.S.<br />
| state = [[Pennsylvania]]<br />
| district = [[Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district|14th]]<br />
| term_start = March 4, 1923<br />
| term_end = March 3, 1925<br />
| preceded = [[Louis Thomas McFadden]]<br />
| succeeded = [[Charles Joseph Esterly]]<br />
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<br />
| branch = [[United States Navy]]<br />
| serviceyears = 1913–1918<br />
| battles = [[World War I]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''William Martin Croll''' (April 9, 1866 &ndash; October 21, 1929) was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Pennsylvania]].<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Croll was born in [[Upper Macungie Township, Pennsylvania]]. He attended [[Kutztown University of Pennsylvania|Keystone State Normal School]] in [[Kutztown, Pennsylvania]], and graduated from the [[Eastman Business College]] in [[Poughkeepsie, New York]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
He taught school, and moved to [[Maxatawny, Pennsylvania]], in 1889, where he engaged in the general merchandise business. He moved to [[Reading, Pennsylvania]], in 1897 and engaged in the retail clothing business and in banking. He was treasurer of [[Berks County, Pennsylvania]], from 1909 to 1912.<br />
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During [[World War I]], from 1913 to 1918, he served as [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] officer at the [[Port of Philadelphia]]. He was a delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]]s in 1912 and 1920.<br />
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Croll was elected as a Democrat to the [[68th United States Congress|Sixty-eighth]] Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924. He resumed mercantile pursuits, died in [[Reading, Pennsylvania|Reading]], and was interred in Laureldale Cemetery in [[Laureldale, Pennsylvania]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crofoot-crompton.html The Political Graveyard]<br />
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