George K. Denton

George Kirkpatrick Denton (* 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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George Denton attended the common schools and the Van Horn Institute. He then studied at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware ( Ohio). After a subsequent law degree from Boston University and his made ​​in 1893 admitted to the bar he began in Evansville (Indiana) to work in this profession. In this capacity he was also consultant to the Intermediate Life Insurance Co.

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

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Denton practiced as a lawyer again. In 1924 he applied unsuccessfully for the post of judge at the Supreme Court of Indiana. In advance of the elections to the U.S. Senate of the year 1926, Denton was running 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 ).