George B. Churchill | |
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 Churchill in 1925 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1925 – July 1, 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Frederick H. Gillett |
| Succeeded by | Henry L. Bowles |
| Member of theMassachusetts Senate | |
| In office 1917–1919 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Bosworth Churchill (1866-10-24)October 24, 1866 |
| Died | July 1, 1925(1925-07-01) (aged 58) |
| Political party | Republican |
George Bosworth Churchill (October 24, 1866 – July 1, 1925) was an American politician, a representative from Massachusetts, and an academic and editor.
Churchill was born inWorcester, Massachusetts to Ezra and Myra Jane Churchill and grew up there. He graduated fromAmherst College in 1889, where he was a member ofChi Phi fraternity. He taught atWorcester High School until 1892. At this point he moved toPhiladelphia and taught in the William Penn Charter School, simultaneously taking a postgraduate course at theUniversity of Pennsylvania 1892–1894.[1]
In 1894, he went to Europe and studied in theUniversity of Strassburg, Germany (now in France), and then attended theUniversity of Berlin, 1895–1897. He returned to the United States and became assistant editor of theCosmopolitan Magazine in 1897 and 1898; member of the faculty of Amherst College 1898-1925 (as professor of English Literature); moderator of Amherst 1905–1925.[1]
He was member of the State senate 1917–1919; delegate to the State constitutional conventions in 1917 and 1919; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress and served from March 4, 1925, until his death, in Amherst. He was buried inWildwood Cemetery.[2]
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