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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—North CarolinaWilliam Thomas CRAWFORD
(1856-1913)
CRAWFORD, William Thomas,
a Representative from North Carolina; born near Waynesville,
Haywood County, N.C., June 1, 1856; attended the public schools and
Waynesville Academy; member of the State house of representatives
1884-1888; engrossing clerk of the State house of representatives
in 1889; was graduated from the law department of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1890; was admitted to the bar in
1891 and commenced practice in Waynesville; elected as a Democrat
to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March
3, 1895); delegate to the American Bimetallic League in Washington,
D.C., in 1893; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the
Fifty-fourth Congress; presented credentials as a Member-elect to
the Fifty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1899, to May 10,
1900, when he was succeeded by Richmond Pearson, who contested the
election; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1900 to the
Fifty-seventh Congress; delegate to the Democratic State
conventions 1900-1912; delegate to the gubernatorial convention in
1908; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress (March 4,
1907-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908
to the Sixty-first Congress; resumed the practice of law in
Waynesville, N.C., where he died November 16, 1913; interment in
Green Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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