William Martin Croll was a Democratic

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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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William M. Croll was born in Upper Macungie Township, Pennsylvania

Upper Macungie Township, Pennsylvania

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. He attended Keystone State Normal School

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

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 in Kutztown, Pennsylvania

Kutztown, Pennsylvania

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, and graduated from the Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York

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He taught school, and moved to Maxatawny, Pennsylvania, in 1889 and engaged in the general merchandise business. He moved to Reading, Pennsylvania

Reading, Pennsylvania

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, in 1897 and engaged in the retail clothing business and in banking. He was treasurer of Berks County, Pennsylvania

Berks County, Pennsylvania

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, from 1909 to 1912.

During the First World War, he served as naval officer at the port of Philadelphia, from 1913 to 1918. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1912 and 1920.

Croll was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth

68th United States Congress

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 Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924. He resumed mercantile pursuits, and died in Reading. Interment in Laureldale Cemetery in Laureldale, Pennsylvania

Laureldale, Pennsylvania

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