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|religion=[[Unitarian]]<ref name=iowalegislaturebio>[https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=5377 George Washington McCrary]. ''The Iowa Legislature''. Retrieved November 28, 2021.</ref><ref name=iowadictionarybio>Goedeken, Edward A. [http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/DetailsPage.aspx?id=261 McCrary, George Washington]. ''The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa''. Retrieved November 28, 2021.</ref>
|religion=[[Unitarian]]<ref name=iowalegislaturebio>[https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=5377 George Washington McCrary]. ''The Iowa Legislature''. Retrieved November 28, 2021.</ref><ref name=iowadictionarybio>Goedeken, Edward A. [http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/DetailsPage.aspx?id=261 McCrary, George Washington]. ''The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa''. Retrieved November 28, 2021.</ref>
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{{Officeholder/misc
|office=Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals]] for the [[Eighth Circuit|8th Circuit]]
|terms=December 9, 1879 – March 18, 1884
|preceded=John F. Dillon
|former=y
|succeeded=[[David J. Brewer]]
}}
{{Officeholder/secretary (cabinet)
|of=War
|number=33rd
|president=[[Rutherford B. Hayes]]
|terms=March 12, 1877 – December 9, 1879
|preceded=[[J. Donald Cameron]]
|former=y
|succeeded=Alexander Ramsey
}}
{{Officeholder/representative
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Iowa
|state=Iowa
Maintaining his passion for law, McCrary established an expertise in contested elections and laws pertaining to elections.<ref name=iowadictionarybio/> He published ''A Treatise on the American Law of Elections'' in 1875, which later underwent four editions.
Maintaining his passion for law, McCrary established an expertise in contested elections and laws pertaining to elections.<ref name=iowadictionarybio/> He published ''A Treatise on the American Law of Elections'' in 1875, which later underwent four editions.
During his House years, McCrary allied with the congressional [[Half-Breeds]],<ref>Welch, Robert E., Jr. (1971). [https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674436787 George Frisbie Hoar and the Half-Breed Republicans], p. 91. ''Harvard University Press''. Retrieved November 20, 2021.</ref> the loosely organized and more [[moderate]] wing the Republican Party (in comparison to the pro-[[spoils system]] [[Stalwart]]s) which emphasized [[industry|industrial]] interests and protective [[tariff]]s in addition to supporting [[civil service system|civil service reform]].
[[File:George W. McCrary LOC portrait.png|thumb|left|200px]]
During his House years, McCrary allied with the congressional [[Half-Breeds]],<ref>Welch, Robert E., Jr. (1971). [https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674436787 ''George Frisbie Hoar and the Half-Breed Republicans''], p. 91. ''Harvard University Press''.</ref> the loosely organized and more [[moderate]] wing of the Republican Party (in comparison to the pro-[[spoils system]] [[Stalwart]]s) which emphasized [[industry|industrial]] interests and protective [[tariff]]s in addition to supporting [[civil service system|civil service reform]].
====Compromise of 1877====
====Compromise of 1877====
The established Electoral Commission ultimately gave the presidency to Hayes while severely compromising [[Reconstruction]] efforts in [[the South]]. This would be known as the Compromise of 1877.
The established Electoral Commission ultimately gave the presidency to Hayes while severely compromising [[Reconstruction]] efforts in [[the South]]. This would be known as the Compromise of 1877.
===Secretary of War===
Due to McCrary's role in the Compromise of 1877, he was appointed by President Hayes to serve as [[United States Secretary of War]]. Among early actions, he joined Hayes in removing federal troops from the southern states of [[South Carolina]] and [[Louisiana]], abandoning blacks at the hands of [[Jim Crow]] Democrats.<ref name=papers/>
During the Railroad Strike of 1877, McCrary authorized federal troops to quell strikers.<ref name=papers/> He also sent troops to pursue marauders across the U.S.-Mexico border at one point.
==References==
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000379 Profile] at the ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
*[https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/mccrary-george-washington Profile] at ''Federal Judicial Center
*[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6911997/george-washington-mccrary Profile] at ''Find a Grave
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