Thomas S. Crago

Thomas S. Crago

Thomas Spencer Crago (born August 8, 1866 in Carmichaels , Greene County , Pennsylvania , †  September 12, 1925 in Waynesburg , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1923 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives several times .

Career

Thomas Crago attended Greene Academy and then Waynesburg College . In 1893 he graduated from Princeton College . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1894, he began to work in this profession in Waynesburg. During the Spanish-American War of 1898 he was a captain in an infantry unit from Pennsylvania. Shortly afterwards he was also used in an uprising in the Philippines . He then helped with the reorganization of the national guard of his state, in which he was active as a major and later as a lieutenant colonel. During his time as a congressman, he let this membership rest and then resigned as a colonel in the National Guard from their service. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In June 1904 he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago , on which President Theodore Roosevelt was nominated for re-election.

In the 1910 congressional election , Crago was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 23rd  constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Allen Foster Cooper on March 4, 1911 . Since he was not confirmed in 1912, he could initially only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1913 . In 1914 and 1915 he headed the veterans organization Veterans of Foreign Wars . In the elections of 1914 Crago was re-elected to Congress in the 33rd state-wide district, where he replaced John M. Morin on March 4, 1915 . After two re-elections he was able to spend three terms in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1921. The First World War fell during this time . The 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1919 and 1920 . It was about the ban on alcohol trafficking and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage .

In 1920 Thomas Crago declined to run again. After the death of MP Mahlon Morris Garland , he was re-elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives at the by-election, where he took up his new mandate on September 20, 1921. Since he was no longer running in 1922, he was only able to end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1923.

Between 1923 and 1924, Thomas Crago worked for the US Department of Justice in the Department of Investigation of Irregularities During World War I ( War Frauds Division ). He was also Vice President of the Union Deposit & Trust Co. in Waynesburg. He died there on September 12, 1925.

Web links

• Thomas S. Crago in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas S. Crago in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Allen Foster Cooper	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (23rd constituency) March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1913	Wooda Nicholas Carr
John M. Morin	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (33rd constituency) March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1921	Joseph McLaughlin
Mahlon Morris Garland	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (33rd constituency) September 20, 1921 - March 3, 1923	Constituency dissolved