George P. Darrow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeorge P. Darrow
American politician
Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1859
Place of Birth: Waterford, Connecticut, United States
Date of Death: 07-Jun-1943
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About George P. Darrow
- George Potter Darrow (February 4, 1859 – June 7, 1943) was a Republican member of the U.S.
- House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. George Darrow was born in Waterford, Connecticut.
- He graduated from Alfred University in Alfred, New York, in 1880.
- He moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1888 and engaged in banking, in the manufacture of paints, and in the insurance business.
- He was president of the Twenty-second Sectional School Board of Philadelphia 1906–09, and a member of the Philadelphia Common Council 1910–15. Darrow was elected to Congress as a Republican in 1914 to the 64th Congress and served until he was succeeded January 3, 1937.
- He had been an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936.
- He was elected to the 67th Congress and served from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1941.
- He was not a candidate for renomination in 1940. Darrow died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is buried there at Ivy Hill Cemetery.
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