George Calhoun Crowther

George Calhoun Crowther

George Calhoun Crowther (born January 26, 1849 in Lancashire , England , †  March 18, 1914 in Saint Joseph , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1895 and 1897 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

As early as 1855, George Crowther and his parents came to the United States, where the family first settled in Dakota City ( Nebraska ). He attended the public schools of his new home and then graduated in Sioux City ( Iowa ) an apprenticeship in the printing trade. During the Civil War , Crowther served in the Union Army between 1862 and 1865 . After the war he moved to Kansas , where he worked in the newspaper business until 1872. From 1869 to 1875 he was also employed as Secretary to the Administration of the Kansas Senate . He then worked in the newspaper industry until 1886.

In 1877 Crowther moved to Saint Joseph, Missouri, where he became the deputy sheriff in Buchanan County . In 1888 and 1890 he was elected treasurer of the city of Saint Joseph. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . In 1892 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress . In the congressional elections of 1894 he was then elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Daniel Dee Burnes on March 4, 1895 . Since he was not confirmed in 1896, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1897.

In 1904 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of mayor of Saint Joseph. In this city he otherwise worked in iron and steel processing until his death on March 18, 1914.

Web links

• George Calhoun Crowther in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George Calhoun Crowther in the database of Find a Grave (English)