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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaCharles Robert CRISP
(1870-1937)
CRISP, Charles Robert,
(son of Charles Frederick Crisp), a Representative from Georgia;
born in Ellaville, Schley County, Ga., October 19, 1870; attended
the public schools of Americus, Ga.; clerk in the Interior
Department, Washington, D.C., 1889-1891; parliamentarian of the
House of Representatives 1891-1895; studied law; was admitted to
the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Americus, Sumter County,
Ga.; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of his father, Charles F. Crisp, and
served from December 19, 1896, to March 3, 1897; was not a
candidate for renomination in 1896; resumed the practice of law in
Americus, Ga.; judge of the city court of Americus 1900-1912; again
parliamentarian of the House of Representatives in the Sixty-second
Congress; parliamentarian of the Democratic National Convention in
1912; elected to the Sixty-third and to the nine succeeding
Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until October 7, 1932,
when he resigned to become a member of the United States Tariff
Commission, in which capacity he served until December 30, 1932;
was not a candidate for renomination in 1932, but was an
unsuccessful candidate for the nomination for United States Senator
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of William J. Harris;
member of the American World War Debt Funding Commission; resumed
the practice of his chosen profession in Washington, D.C.; died in
Americus, Ga., February 7, 1937; interment in Oak Grove
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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