George E. Trower (1855 – ?) was a minister and state legislator in Arkansas.[1]
In 1886 the Republican assembly nominated Trower, who was residing inMorrilton, Arkansas, as their candidate for theArkansas House of Representatives.[2] Trower was the only black republican on the ticket and had little support from the white Republicans in the northern townships, however he won by a narrow margin of 21 votes.[2]
He representedConway County, Arkansas[3] in theArkansas House of Representatives in 1887 as aRepublican.[1][4]
After winning the election the Democrats started harassing him and discovered that he had been performing marriages for over a year without the correct authority.[2] Trowler immediately gained the proper certificate as aminister of the Gospel but the Democrats requested that the matter was referred to a grand jury.[2]
After returning home from the legislature in April 1887, he was taken off a train at gunpoint by twoPlumerville DemocratsBenjamin White andThomas Hervey[5] and reported to have been assassinated.[2][6] These reports turned out not to be true and he had moved toIndependence County, Arkansas to pastor at an African Methodist Episcopal church inBatesville.[1]
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