William Henry Larrabee was a U.S. Representative

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 from Indiana

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Early life

Larrabee was born on a farm near Crawfordsville, Indiana

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. He attended the public schools, Indiana Central Normal School at Danville

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, and Indiana State Normal School

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 at Terre Haute

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. He taught in public schools at New Palestine

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, from 1889 until 1895, then attended Indiana School of Medicine at Indianapolis

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 until 1898, and commenced the practice of medicine and surgery in New Palestine.

Political career

Larrabee served as the secretary of Hancock County Board of Health in 1917-18, and on the city council of New Palestine, 1916-20. In 1930 he was elected to Congress as a Democrat

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, serving until January 3, 1943. In Congress, he served as chairman of the Committee on the Census (Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses) and the Committee on Education (Seventy-fifth through Seventy-seventh Congresses)

After losing the 1942 election, he resumed the practice of medicine and surgery. Larrabee died in New Palestine and is buried in New Palestine Cemetery.

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