John C. Crosby

John Crawford Crosby (born June 15, 1859 in Sheffield , Berkshire County , Massachusetts , †  October 14, 1943 in Pittsfield , Massachusetts) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1891 and 1893 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Crosby attended the public schools in Pittsfield and then the Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie ( New York ). After a subsequent law degree at the Law School of Boston University and his admission as a lawyer in 1882, he began to work in Pittsfield in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1884 and 1890 he was a member of the Pittsfield School Board. He was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts in 1886 and 1887 ; from 1888 to 1889 he was a member of the State Senate . He also became a director of a bank and a fire and life insurance company.

In the congressional election of 1890 Crosby was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the twelfth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Francis W. Rockwell on March 4, 1891 . Since he was not confirmed in 1892, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1893 . In 1894 and 1895, Crosby served as mayor of the city of Pittsfield. In July 1896 he was a delegate at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where William Jennings Bryan was first nominated as a presidential candidate. Between 1896 and 1900 he was the legal representative of his hometown of Pittsfield; from 1905 to 1913 he served as a judge on the Superior Court . He then served as a judge at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court until his retirement on October 1, 1937 . John Crosby died on October 14, 1943 in Pittsfield, where he was also buried.

Web links

• John C. Crosby in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John C. Crosby in the database of Find a Grave (English)