Thomas Hartley Crawford (November 14, 1786 – January 27, 1863) was a
Jacksonian member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Thomas H. Crawford was born in
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
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. He graduated from
Princeton College in 1804. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1807 and commenced practice in Chambersburg.
Crawford was elected as a Jacksonian to the
Twenty-first and
Twenty-second Congresses. He was a member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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It ...
in 1833 and 1834. He was appointed a commissioner to investigate alleged frauds in the sale of the
Creek Reservation in 1836. He was appointed by
President
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Martin Van Buren
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as
commissioner of Indian Affairs
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and served from October 22, 1838, to October 30, 1845. He was appointed by President
James K. Polk
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as judge of the criminal court of the
District of Columbia
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in 1845 and served until 1861, when the court was reorganized. He died in
Washington, D.C.
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, in 1863. He had his interment in the
Congressional Cemetery
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.
Sources
The Political Graveyard
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1786 births
1863 deaths
People from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
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Princeton University alumni
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