Joseph Halsey Crane

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Joseph Halsey Crane (born August 31, 1782 in Elizabeth , Essex County , New Jersey , †  November 13, 1851 in Dayton , Ohio ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1829 and 1837 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Crane was the grandson of Stephen Crane (1709–1780), a delegate to the Continental Congress . His great-grandson Stephen (1871–1900) made a name for himself as a writer. He attended Princeton College . After completing a law degree and being admitted to the bar in 1802, he began to work in this profession. From 1804 he lived and practiced in Dayton. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In 1809 he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives . Between 1813 and 1816 he served as the district attorney in Montgomery County ; In 1817 he became presiding judge at the court of appeal. He held this office until 1829. He also took part in the British-American War of 1812 . In the 1820s he joined the movement against future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party .

In the congressional election of 1828 Crane was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded William McLean on March 4, 1829 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1837 . Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

In 1836 Joseph Crane declined to run again. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he worked as a lawyer again. He was then an associate judge on the Supreme Court of Ohio until his death . He died in Dayton on November 13, 1851.

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SURNAME Crane, Joseph Halsey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1782
PLACE OF BIRTH Elizabeth , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1851
Place of death Dayton , Ohio