Battles/wars World War I Resigned March 3, 1925 Years of service 1913–1918 Died October 21, 1929 Battles and wars World War I | Role U.S. representative Political party Democratic Name William Croll Party Democratic Party | |
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Born April 9, 1866
Upper Macungie Township, Pennsylvania ( 1866-04-09 ) | ||
Preceded by Louis Thomas McFadden Service/branch United States Navy Education Eastman Business College Succeeded by Charles Joseph Esterly | ||
William Martin Croll (April 9, 1866 – October 21, 1929) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
William M. Croll was born in Upper Macungie Township, Pennsylvania. He attended Keystone State Normal School in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York.
He taught school, and moved to Maxatawny, Pennsylvania, in 1889 and engaged in the general merchandise business. He moved to Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1897 and engaged in the retail clothing business and in banking. He was treasurer of Berks County, Pennsylvania, 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 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.