Robert Crozier

Robert Crozier

Robert Crozier (born October 13, 1827 in Cadiz , Ohio , †  October 2, 1895 in Leavenworth , Kansas ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of Kansas in the US Senate .

Crozier attended public schools and a private school as a boy. He then studied in Carrollton the law and was admitted to the bar in the 1848th From 1848 to 1850 he served as the district attorney in Carroll County . In March 1857 he then moved to Leavenworth in the Kansas Territory , where he founded the Leavenworth Daily Times , which is still the oldest daily newspaper in Kansas. He also ran a private law firm.

From 1857 to 1858, Crozier was a member of the Kansas Territorial Council. US President Abraham Lincoln then appointed him federal attorney for the Kansas District in 1861 , which he remained until his resignation in 1864. As a result, he sat as Chief Justice at the Kansas Supreme Court before he was cashier and executive director of the First National Bank of Leavenworth in 1867 .

After the resignation of US Senator Alexander Caldwell in March 1873, Robert Crozier was appointed his successor. He performed his mandate in Congress from November 24, 1873 to February 12, 1874; he did not run for the by-election. After being replaced by the victorious James M. Harvey there , Crozier went back to his legal practice in Leavenworth. He served as judge for the Kansas First District Judge from 1876 to 1892 and was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Kansas Historical Society from 1886 to 1889.

Web links

• Robert Crozier in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert Crozier in the database of Find a Grave (English)