George K. Denton
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Biography
Born near Sebree, Kentucky, Denton attended the public schools and Van Horn Institute. He was graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware in 1891 and from the law department of Boston (Massachusetts) University in 1893. He was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in Evansville, Indiana. He served as counsel for the Intermediate Life Insurance Co..
Congress
Denton was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress, losing by four percentage points to Oscar Luhring in the general election.
Later career and death
He resumed the practice of law in Evansville, Indiana. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1924 for judge of the Indiana Supreme Court. Candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator in 1926, but died before the primary election. He died in Evansville, Indiana, January 4, 1926. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Electoral history
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | George K. Denton | Script error: No such module "string". | 48.1 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | S. Wallace Cook | Script error: No such module "string". | 47.4 | |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Oscar R. Luhring | Script error: No such module "string". | 52.0 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | George K. Denton | Script error: No such module "string". | 48.0 | |
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- 1864 births
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- Politicians from Evansville, Indiana
- Ohio Wesleyan University alumni
- Boston University School of Law alumni
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
- 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives