Shepard J. Crumpacker

Shepard J. Crumpacker

Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. (born February 13, 1917 in South Bend , Indiana , †  October 14, 1986 there ) was an American politician . Between 1951 and 1957 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Shepard Crumpacker was a cousin of Congressmen Edgar D. Crumpacker (1851-1920) and Maurice E. Crumpacker (1886-1927). He attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1938 at Northwestern University in Evanston ( Illinois ). After a subsequent law degree at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his admission as a lawyer in 1941, he began to work in South Bend in this profession. During the Second World War , Crumpacker served in the US Army Air Corps until 1946 . He made it up to his retirement from active military service as a first lieutenant. He later served as a major in the US Air Force reserve .

After the war, Crumpacker ran his farm. He also began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1958 and 1970 he was a delegate to all regional Republican party conventions in Indiana. In the 1950 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Thurman C. Crook on January 3, 1951 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1957 . These were shaped by the events of the Cold War , the Korean War and the civil rights movement . In 1951 the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.

In 1956, Crumpacker renounced another candidacy. Until 1977 he practiced as a lawyer again; thereafter he served as a judge on the Superior Court in St. Joseph County until 1985 . He died on October 14, 1986 in his hometown of South Bend, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Shepard J. Crumpacker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Shepard J. Crumpacker in the database of Find a Grave (English)