Josiah Crudup

Josiah Crudup (born January 13, 1791 in Wakelon , Wake County , North Carolina , †  May 20, 1872 in Kittrell , North Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1821 and 1823 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Josiah Crudup attended a private school in Louisburg and then studied at Columbian College , the later George Washington University in Washington, DC After a subsequent degree in theology and his ordination as a clergyman of the Baptist Church , he practiced this profession, with the exception of his time as a congressman, until his Death off. Crudup was also a farmer. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party .

In 1820, Crudup was elected to the North Carolina Senate. He was also a member of the House of Representatives of that state. In the congressional election of 1820 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the eighth constituency of North Carolina, where he succeeded James Strudwick Smith on March 4, 1821 . Since he was not confirmed in 1822, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1823 .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Josiah Cudrup worked again in agriculture and as a clergyman. In 1835 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the North Carolina Constitution. He died on May 20, 1872 near Kittrell.

Web links

• Josiah Crudup in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Josiah Crudup in the database of Find a Grave (English)