Maurice E. Crumpacker

Maurice E. Crumpacker

Maurice Edgar Crumpacker (born December 19, 1886 in Valparaiso, Indiana , † July 24, 1927 in San Francisco ) was an American politician . Between 1925 and 1927 he represented the third constituency of the state of Oregon in the US House of Representatives .

Early years

Maurice Crumpacker was a member of a well-known family of politicians from Indiana. His father Edgar was a congressman for the state of Indiana between 1897 and 1912 , and his cousin Shepard also represented this state in Congress between 1951 and 1956 . Maurice attended the public schools of his home country and in Washington, DC Afterwards he graduated from the Military Academy in Culver until 1905 . This was followed by studies at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor , which he graduated in 1909. Maurice Crumpacker graduated from Harvard University with a law degree in 1912 . After his admission to the bar that same year, he moved to Portland, Oregon , where he worked as a lawyer. During the First World War he was a member of the air corps of the armed forces. He was married to Cully Cook Crumpacker, with whom he had three sons.

Congressman

In 1921, Crumpacker was the assistant district attorney in Multnomah County . He became a member of the Republican Party and ran for the first time for the US House of Representatives in 1922. However, this candidacy was unsuccessful. Two years later he was more successful and was elected as a member of Congress. There he took over from Elton Watkins on March 4, 1925 . In the elections of 1926 he was confirmed in his mandate. On March 4, 1927, he entered his second legislature in the House of Representatives.

Mysterious death

In July 1927, Crumpacker accepted an invitation to California. He took a special train from Seattle south with Nicholas Longworth , Speaker of the House of Representatives . The goal was Salinas and the ranch of US Senator James D. Phelan . Crumpacker felt uncomfortable on the trip. On July 22nd, the train made a stop in San Francisco. By the time he left, Crumpacker had disappeared. He was later found disturbed on a curb. He claimed to have been poisoned and was taken to a hospital where he was found to be under great nervous pressure and symptoms of paranoia. He was released from the hospital the following morning. He was to travel home to Portland accompanied by a journalist. Before leaving, the two men were walking on San Francisco Bay when Crumpacker jumped into the water and drowned. Notes were later found on him claiming he was murdered by his friends.

Web links

• Maurice E. Crumpacker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Maurice E. Crumpacker in the database of Find a Grave (English)