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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TexasMiles CROWLEY
(1859-1921)
CROWLEY, Miles, a
Representative from Texas; born in Boston, Mass., February 22,
1859; attended the common schools; employed as a longshoreman;
moved to Galveston in the seventies; assistant chief of the
Galveston Fire Department; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1892 and commenced practice; member of the State house of
representatives in 1892; served in the State senate in 1893 and
1894; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4,
1895-March 3, 1897); was not a candidate for reelection in 1896;
resumed the practice of law in Galveston, Tex.; prosecuting
attorney of Galveston County 1904-1912; elected judge of Galveston
County Court in 1920, in which capacity he was serving at the time
of his death in Galveston, Tex., on September 22, 1921; interment
in Calvary Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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