John Crowell (September 15, 1801 – March 8, 1883) was a

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

from

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

Biography

Born in

East Haddam, Connecticut East Haddam is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut. The population was 8,875 at the time of the 2020 census. History Until 1650, the area of East Haddam was inhabited by at least three Indigenous peoples: the Wangunk, the Mohegan and the N ...

, Crowell moved to Ohio in 1806 with his parents, who settled in

Rome Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio Rome Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 1,812 people in the township. Geography Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Morga ...

, where his father, Samuel Crowell, was the first settler. He attended the district school. He moved to

Warren, Ohio Warren is a city in and the county seat of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. Located in northeastern Ohio, Warren lies approximately northwest of Youngstown and southeast of Cleveland. The population was 39,201 at the 2020 census. The hi ...

, in 1822 and he attended Warren Academy from 1822 to1825. He studied law and was

admitted to the bar An admission to practice law is acquired when a lawyer receives a license to practice law. In jurisdictions with two types of lawyer, as with barristers and solicitors, barristers must gain admission to the bar whereas for solicitors there are dist ...

in 1827 and commenced practice in Warren. He was also part owner and editor of the Western Reserve Chronicle at Warren. He served as member of the State senate in 1840.

Congress

Crowell was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851). In the 1846 election he defeated John Hutchins, abolitionist, and

Rufus P. Ranney Rufus Putnam Ranney (October 30, 1813 – December 6, 1891) was a Democratic politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who helped write the second Ohio Constitution, and was a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court in 1851–1856 and 1863–1865. Early lif ...

, Democrat. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1850. He moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1852 and resumed the practice of law. He served in the State militia for twenty years, holding the rank of brigadier general and subsequently that of major general. He became editor of the Western Law Monthly, published in Cleveland, and a member of the faculty of the Homeopathic Medical College. He served as president of the Ohio State and Union Law College of Cleveland from 1862 to 1876, when he retired. He died in Cleveland, Ohio, March 8, 1883. He was interred in Lake View Cemetery. Crowell was married to Eliza B. Estabrook in 1833, and had four children.

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