Edgar D. Crumpacker

Edgar D. Crumpacker

Edgar Dean Crumpacker (born May 27, 1851 in Westville , LaPorte County , Indiana , †  May 19, 1920 in Valparaiso , Indiana) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1913 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edgar Crumpacker was the father of Congressman Maurice E. Crumpacker (1886-1927) from Oregon and a cousin of Shepard J. Crumpacker (1917-1986), who also sat for Indiana in the US House of Representatives. He attended the public schools in his home country and the Valparaiso Academy . After a subsequent law degree at Indiana University in Bloomington and his admission as a lawyer in 1876, he began to work in Valparaiso in this profession. Between 1884 and 1888, Crumpacker was a prosecutor in the 31st Judicial District of Indiana. From 1891 to 1893 he served as an appeal judge.

Politically, Crumpacker was a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1896 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the tenth constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Jethro A. Hatch on March 4, 1897 . After seven re-elections, he was able to complete eight legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1913 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . From 1903 to 1911 Crumpacker was chairman of the Committee on the Census . In 1912 he was not re-elected.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Edgar Crumpacker practiced again as a lawyer in Valparaiso, where he died on May 19, 1920.

Web links

• Edgar D. Crumpacker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edgar D. Crumpacker in the database of Find a Grave (English)