Josiah Crudup (January 13, 1791 – May 20, 1872) was a

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from

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between 1821 and 1823. Crudup was born in Wakelon, North Carolina in

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, the son of Elizabeth (Battle) and Josiah Crudup, a Baptist minister. Crudup attended a private school in

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, and then

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(now

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) in

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. He studied

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and was ordained as a

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minister, which was his profession his entire life. Also a farmer and slave owner, Crudup was elected to the

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from Wake County in 1820, but was forced to vacate his office because the state constitution at the time forbade "a minister of the Gospel, while exercising his ministerial functions, to hold a public office." In the 1850 US Federal Census Slave Schedule, Crudup is listed as enslaving 52 men, women and children; by 1860, according to the US Federal Census Slave Schedule, that number had increased to 64. In 1821, he was elected to the

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and served for one term, from March 4, 1821 to March 3, 1823. Although he ran for re-election in 1822, he was narrowly defeated by Willie P. Mangum and returned to farming and the ministry. Crudup was a delegate from Granville County to the 1835 North Carolina Constitutional Convention, and died in

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in 1872; he is buried in his family cemetery near Kittrell. Among his descendants is actor

Billy Crudup William Gaither Crudup (; born July 8, 1968) is an American actor. He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his performance in '' Jesus' Son'' (1999). He went on to star in numerous high-profile films, including ...

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