district succeeded death_date death_place children birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start article_title state name alma_mater
1st oscar r. luhring 4 january 1926 evansville , indiana winfield k. denton near sebree , kentucky democratic march 3 , 1919 charles lieb 17 november 1864 march 4 , 1917 george k. denton
 indiana george kirkpatrick denton ohio wesleyan university
george k. denton

george kirkpatrick denton -lrb- november 17 , 1864 -- january 4 , 1926 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from indiana , father of winfield k. denton .
born near sebree , kentucky , denton attended the public schools and van horn institute .
he was graduated from the ohio wesleyan university at delaware in 1891 and from the law department of boston -lrb- massachusetts -rrb- university in 1893 .
he was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in evansville , indiana .
he served as counsel for the intermediate life insurance co. .
denton was elected as a democrat to the sixty-fifth congress -lrb- march 4 , 1917-march 3 , 1919 -rrb- .
he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the sixty-sixth congress .
he resumed the practice of law in evansville , indiana .
he was an unsuccessful candidate in 1924 for judge of the indiana supreme court .
candidate for the democratic nomination for united states senator in 1926 , but died before the primary election .
he died in evansville , indiana , january 4 , 1926 .
he was interred in oak hill cemetery .
