Edward Crouch

Edward Crouch (born November 9, 1764 in Highspire , Dauphin County , Province of Pennsylvania , †  February 2, 1827 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1813 and 1815 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edward Crouch attended public schools in his home country. At the age of 17 he took part in the final phase of the War of Independence as a soldier . In 1794 he commanded a company in the crackdown on the Whiskey Rebellion . Otherwise he worked in trade. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson in the late 1790s . From 1804 to 1806 he was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives . In 1813 he became a judge in Dauphin County, which suggests a previous law degree. He only held this office for a few months until he was elected to Congress .

After the resignation of MP John Gloninger , Crouch was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due in the third district of his state , where he took up his new mandate on October 12, 1813. Since he renounced another candidacy in 1814, he could only end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1815. This time was marked by the events of the British-American War .

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Edward Crouch withdrew from politics. He died on February 2, 1827.

Web links

• Edward Crouch in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edward Crouch in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
John Gloninger	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (3rd constituency) with Amos Slaymaker October 12, 1813 - March 3, 1815	John Whiteside