Alonzo Church Croom (December 1, 1845 – February 7, 1912) was an American politician who served as Comptroller of Florida from 1901 until 1912. His father, George Alexander Croom, owned the Casa de Laga Plantation in Tallahassee, and his mother was the daughter of

University of Georgia The University of Georgia (UGA or Georgia) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States. Chartered in 1785, it is the oldest public university in th ...

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Alonzo Church Alonzo Church (June 14, 1903 – August 11, 1995) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher who made major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science. He is bes ...

for whom he was named. He was born near

Quincy, Florida Quincy is a city in and the county seat of Gadsden County, Florida, United States. Quincy is part of the Tallahassee metropolitan area, Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,970 as of the 2020 census, almost eve ...

. Hardy Bryan Croom was his older brother. He married Maria Bond on April 26, 1870. They had children. He died December 7, 1912, in

Ocala, Florida Ocala ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Florida, United States. Located in North Central Florida, the city's population was 63,591 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 56,315 at the 2010 census and making ...

, and was survived by his wife, son, and daughter.

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* 1845 births 1912 deaths People from Quincy, Florida Florida Democrats Florida comptrollers 20th-century Florida politicians {{Florida-politician-stub