McCrary was born near Evansville, Indiana in 1835. Later, he moved with his parents to Iowa territory.
He was a member of Iowa state house of representatives in 1857. Then he was a member of Iowa state senate between 1861 and 1865. He served as a U.S. Representative from Iowa, 1st District between 1869 and 1977. He served as the Secretary of War under PresidentRutherford B. Hayes between 1877 and 1879, when he resigned. He was later a Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit between 1880 and 1884. He died in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1890.
CHAPTER VI When Hayes became President, GeorgeW. McCrary of Iowa, who was the author of the plan adopted by Congress for the peaceful settlement of the contested election for President, was invited into the Cabinet and became Secretary of War.
The new declarations were in favor of greenbacks in place of National Bank bills, indorsement of the policy of the President in the Southern States, the equal taxation of every species of property according to its value and equal protection of labor and capital.
GeorgeW. McCrary of Iowa has resigned his position as Secretary of War, and had been appointed United States Judge for the Eighth Circuit, consisting of the States of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Colorado.
He was later a Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit between 1880 and 1884.
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