Given the question: George Washington Funk (May 1 1827 July 15 1911) was an American rancher and politician from Illinois. The son of prominent state politician Isaac Funk and a member of the Funk family George W. Funk was tasked with dividing his father's vast holdings upon his death. Although he held similar political beliefs as his father he was only elected to office once: to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1870 to a two-year term. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Office Holder