Lincoln Bancroft


Lincoln Bancroft was an American businessman and politician.

Biography

Born in Johnstown, Cumberland County, Illinois, Bancroft studied law in Greenup, Illinois. He was in the real estate and oil business. Bancroft was as mayor of Greenup, Illinois and was a Republican. Bancroft served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1917 to 1929. Bancroft died in an automobile accident near Effingham, Illinois when his automobile crashed into a bridge on United States Route 45.