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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJoel CRAWFORD
(1783-1858)
CRAWFORD, Joel, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Columbia County, Ga., June 15,
1783; completed preparatory studies; studied law at the Litchfield
Law School; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Sparta in 1808; moved to Milledgeville, Ga., in 1811; served in the
war against the Creek Indians as second lieutenant and aide-de-camp
to Brigadier General Floyd in 1813 and 1814; resumed the practice
of law in Milledgeville; member of the State house of
representatives 1814-1817; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth
Congress and reelected to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4,
1817-March 3, 1821); returned to Sparta, Hancock County, in 1828;
member of the State senate in 1827 and 1828; appointed a
commissioner to run the boundary line between Alabama and Georgia
in 1826; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Georgia in 1828 and
1831; delegate to the International Improvement Convention in 1831;
elected in 1837 a State commissioner to locate and construct the
Western & Atlantic Railroad; died near Blakely, Early County,
Ga., April 5, 1858; interment in the family burying ground on his
plantation in Early County, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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