Fred L. Crawford

Fred L. Crawford (1943)

Fred Lewis Crawford (born May 5, 1888 in Dublin , Texas , †  April 13, 1957 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1935 and 1953 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Fred Crawford attended his homeland public schools and a business school in Peniel . He then studied at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . In the years 1914 to 1917 he worked in Des Moines ( Iowa ) and Detroit as a bookkeeper. He then began a successful business career. Between 1917 and 1935 he operated several sugar beet refineries in various American cities. At the same time he was active in the handicrafts, cattle breeding and transport sector. He later became a director at Michigan National Bank .

Politically, Crawford was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1934 congressional election he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the eighth constituency of Michigan, where he succeeded Michael J. Hart on January 3, 1935 . After eight re-elections, he was able to complete nine legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1953 . Further New Deal laws were passed there by the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt by 1941 . After that, the work of the Congress was shaped by the events of the Second World War and its consequences. After the war, Crawford saw the onset of the Cold War and the Korean War as a congressman . In 1951 the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was passed. Crawford was a temporary member of the Committee on Island Affairs. Between 1951 and 1953 he was also a member of the public property management committee.

In 1952 Crawford was no longer nominated by his party for another legislature. After leaving the House of Representatives, he resumed his previous activities. He also became director of Refiners Transport & Petroleum Corp. in Detroit. He spent his final years on his farm in Prince George's County , Maryland . Fred Crawford died on April 13, 1957 in the federal capital Washington.

Web links

• Fred L. Crawford in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Fred L. Crawford in the database of Find a Grave (English)