Thurman C. Crook

Thurman C. Crook

Thurman Charles Crook (born July 18, 1891 in Peru , Indiana , †  October 23, 1981 in Rochester , Indiana) was an American politician . Between 1949 and 1951 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thurman Crook attended Cass County's public schools , Logansport High School , Indiana State Normal School, and Purdue University . He also studied at Indiana University and Valparaiso University , which he graduated from in 1930. Crook worked as a carpenter and traded in cement. Between 1913 and 1948 he taught administrative practice. He also trained athletes at various high schools in Indiana. Since 1924, Crook was also involved in fruit growing.

Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1939 and 1943 he was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives ; from 1943 to 1947 he was a member of the State Senate . In 1946 he applied unsuccessfully for his party's nomination for the congressional elections. In the elections of 1948 he was then elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Robert A. Grant on January 3, 1949 . Since he was not confirmed in 1950, he could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1951 .

In 1956, Thurman Crook sought his return to the US House of Representatives unsuccessfully. Otherwise he worked as a farmer, in horticulture and as a sheep farmer. He passed his old age in Macy and died on October 23, 1981 at the age of 90 in Rochester.

Web links

• Thurman C. Crook in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)