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| The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives |
DURBOROW, Allan Cathcart, Jr., a Representative from Illinois;
born in Philadelphia, Pa., November 10, 1857;
moved to Indiana in 1862 with his parents, who settled in Williamsport, Warren County;
attended the public schools;
entered Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., in the fall of 1872;
was graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington in 1877;
after residing in Indianapolis moved to Chicago in 1880 and in 1887 became business manager of the Western Electrician, a trade magazine;
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895);
was not a candidate for renomination in 1894;
engaged in the insurance business;
unsuccessful candidate for election in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress;
died in Chicago, Ill., March 10, 1908;
interment in Graceland Cemetery.
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