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George E. Trower

Born 1855

United States

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George E. Trower (1855 – ?) was a minister and state legislator in Arkansas. In 1886 the Republican assembly nominated Trower, who was residing in Morrilton, Arkansas, as their candidate for the Arkansas House of Representatives. Trower was the only black republican on the ticket and had little support from the white Republicans in the northern townships, however he won by a narrow margin of 21 votes.

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