tia; and was a Representative in Congress, from New Jersey, during the years 1809 and 1810. Died September 12, 1810.

Cox, Samuel S.-He was born in Zanesville, Ohio; graduated at Brown University; adopted the profession of law, and was also an editor in Ohio. He was appointed Secretary of Legation to Peru in 1855; and elected a Representative, from Ohio, to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses, serving as Chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. As an author, he published a book of foreign travel, called "The Buckeye Abroad," and on literary topics is an occasional lecturer. was elected to the Thirty-seventh Congress, serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and was re-elected to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving on the same Committee. He is also a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution; and was a Delegate to the Chicago Convention in 1864.

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Coxe, William.-He was a Representative in Congress, from New Jersey, from 1813 to 1815; served in the State Legislature, and was chosen Speaker of the Assembly; and died at Burlington.

Crabb, George W.-He was born in Virgínia, and was a Representative in Congress, from Alabama, from 1839 to 1841.

Crabb, Jeremiah.—He was a Representative in Congress, from Maryland, from 1795 to 1796.

Cradlebaugh, John.-He was born in Ohio, and elected a Delegate, from the Territory of Nevada, to the Thirty-seventh Congress.

Crafts, Samuel C.-He was born in Windham County, Connecticut; and graduated at Harvard University in 1790.

His father effected the settlement of Craftsbury, Vermont, and upon the organization of the town, in 1792, Mr. Samuel C. Crafts was chosen Town Clerk, and held the office for thirtyseven successive years. He was the youngest delegate to the Convention for revising the State Constitution in 1793. In 1796, 1800, 1801, 1803, and 1805, he was elected a member of the House of Representatives of the State. From

1796 to 1815 he was Register of Probate for Orleans District. In 1798 and 1799 he was Clerk of the House of Representatives. From 1809 to 1812, and from 1825 to 1827, he was a member of the Executive Council. In 1800 he was appointed a Judge of Orleans County Court, and remained such till 1816, during the last six years as Chief Judge. From 1825 to 1828 he was again Chief Judge, and from 1836 to 1838 Clerk of the Court. In 1816 he was elected Representative to Congress, and served for that and the three succeeding terms; i. e., from 1817 to 1825, inclusive. In 1828 he was elected Governor of Vermont, and was re-elected in 1829 and 1830. In 1829 he was President of the Constitutional Convention. In 1842 he was appointed by Governor Paine, and afterwards elected by the Legislature, a Senator in Congress, for the unexpired term of one year. He thus filled every office in the gift of Vermont. He died in Craftsbury, Vermont, November 19, 1853, aged eighty-four years.

Cragin, Aaron H.-Born in Weston, Vermont, February 3, 1821. He is a lawyer by profession; was a member of the New Hampshire Legislature, from 1852 to 1855, and was elected a Representative, from that State, to the Thirty-fifth Congress, serving on the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. In 1864 he was elected a Senator in Congress, from New Hampshire, for the term commencing in 1865.

Craig, Hector.-He was a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1823 to 1825, and again from 1829 to 1830.

Craig, James.-Born in Pennsylvania; is a lawyer by profession; and was a member of the Missouri Legislature in 1846 and 1847; was Captain of a volunteer company in the Mexican war; Circuit Attorney for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit in Missouri, from 1852 to 1856; and was a Representative in the Thirty-fifth Congress, serving on the Committee on Post-offices and Postroads. He was also re-elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress, serving on the Committee on Post-offices and Postroads.

Craig, Robert.-He was born in Virginia, and was a Representative in

Congress, from that State, from 1829 to 1833, and again from 1835 to 1841.

Craige, Burton.-Born in Rowan County, North Carolina, March 13, 1811; graduated at Chapel Hill in 1829; is a lawyer by profession; was a member of the State Legislature in 1832 and 1834; and was elected to the Thirtythird, Thirty-fourth, and Thirty-fifth Congresses, serving as a member of the Judiciary Committee; re-elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress, serving on the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. He took part in the Rebellion of 1861 as a member of the Confederate Congress.

Craik, William.-He was a Representative in Congress, from Maryland, from 1796 to 1801.

Cramer, John.-He was a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1833 to 1837; having been elected to the State Constitutional Convention in 1821, and having served three years in the Assembly, and three years in the Senate of the State of New York.

Crane, Joseph H.-Born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey; was a Representative in Congress, from Ohio, from 1829 to 1837; and died at Dayton, Ohio, November 12, 1851, aged seventy years.

Cranston, Henry Y.-Born in Newport, Rhode Island, October 9, 1789; received a limited education; worked at a trade for five years from the age of twelve, then commenced the business of commission merchant; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in three years. In 1818 he was elected Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, and held the office until 1833; he was for twentyfive years annually elected Moderator for the town of Newport; was a member of the several conventions for framing and remodelling the State Constitution; and was Vice-President of the Convention in 1842. From 1827 to 1843 he was a member of the lower branch of the Legislature; and was a Representative in Congress, from 1843 to 1847, when he was returned to the Legislature, and was several times Speaker of that body until 1854, after which time he lived in retirement. Died at Newport, February 12, 1864.

Cranston, Robert B.—He was born in Rhode Island, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1837 to 1843, and again from 1847 to 1849.

Crary, Isaac E.-Was a Delegate to Congress, from the Territory of Michigan, in 1835 and 1836, and a Representative from that State from the time of its admission into the Union in 1836, to 1841. He died in Michigan, May 8, 1854.

Cravens, James A. Born in Rockingham County, Virginia, November 4, 1818; removed with his father to Indiana in 1820; spent his boyhood in Washington County, where he received a common school education, and has devoted much of his life to agricultural pursuits, and especially to the raising of the best breeds of cattle. He served as a Major in the Mexican war under General Taylor, and was present at the battle of Buena Vista. In 1848 and 1849 he was elected to the Legislature of Indiana; in 1850 elected to the State Senate, serving three years; in 1854 he was commissioned a Brigadier-General of militia; frequently presided over the Board of School Trustees for his town

ship; was Vice-President and President of the Washington and Orange Counties Agricultural Societies; in 1859 he was appointed by the Legislature of Indiana to the important position of agent for the State, which he resigned, and in 1860 he was elected a Representative, from Indiana, to the Thirty-seventh Congress, serving on the Committee on Territories. He was re-elected to the Thirty-eighth Congress, and was a member of the Committee on Territories. His father, James H. Cravens, was also in Congress.

Cravens, James H.-He was born in Rockingham County, Virginia, in 1798, and was a Representative in Congress, from Indiana, from 1841 to 1843.

Crawford, George W.-Born in Columbia County, Georgia, December 22, 1798. He graduated at Princeton in 1820; studied law, and commenced the practice at Augusta, in 1822. In 1827 he was elected Attorney-General, and continued in that office until 1831; he was in the State Legislature from 1837 to 1842; and in 1843 was elected

to Congress to fill a vacancy. He was elected Governor of the State in 1843, and re-elected in 1845. He was a member of President Taylor's cabinet, as Secretary of War, and subsequently visited Europe, since which time he has lived in retirement.

Crawford, Joel.-Born in Columbia County, Georgia, June 15, 1783. He was educated by private tutors; became a student of law, and was admitted to practice in 1808. In 1813 he joined the army of General Floyd, and served through the whole campaign as aide-de-camp to the General. After the war he resumed the practice of his profession; served three years in the State Legislature, and was a Representative in Congress, from Georgia, from 1817 to 1821.

Crawford, Martin J.-He was born in Jasper County, Georgia, March 17, 1820; was educated at the Mercer University; is a lawyer by profession, and was a member of the Georgia Legislature, from 1845 to 1847. In 1853 he was appointed Judge of the Superior Court for the Chattahoochee Circuit, and was elected a member of the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses, serving in the last on the Committees of Ways and Means, and Roads and Canals. He was also elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress, still serving on the Committee of Ways and Means. Resigned in 1861 and joined the Great Rebellion of that year as a member of the Rebel Congress, and a Commissioner to Washington.

Crawford, Thomas H.-Born at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, November 14, 1786. He graduated at Princeton College in 1804; studied law for three years and was admitted to the bar in 1807; and was a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1829 to 1833. During the last year named, he was elected to the State Legislature; in 1836 he was appointed a Commissioner to investigate certain alleged frauds in the purchase of the reservation of land of the Creek Indians; in 1838 he was appointed, by President Van Buren, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and took up his residence in Washington, holding that office for seven years; and in 1845 he was appointed, by President Polk, Judge of the Crimi

nal Court of the District of Columbia, which arduous position he occupied until his death, which took place in Washington, January 27, 1863.

Crawford, William.-He was a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1809 to 1817.

Crawford, William H.-Born in Amherst County, Virginia, February 24, 1772, and with his father settled in Georgia in 1783. He received an academical education, and subsequently had the management of Richmond Academy. He studied law and took a high position as a lawyer. He served four years in the State Legislature, and was a Senator in Congress from 1807 to 1813, and during a part of the Twelfth Congress, officiated as President pro tem. of the Senate. President Madison invited him into his cabinet as Secretary of War, but he declined the honor, accepting, instead, the post of Minister to France, in 1813; on his return, however, at the end of two years, he went into the War Department. In 1817 he was appointed, by President Monroe, Secretary of the Treasury, where he served with marked ability until 1825, during which year he received a flattering vote for President of the United States. In 1827 he was appointed Judge of the Northern Circuit of Georgia, which office he held until his death, which occurred in Albert County, Georgia, September 15, 1884.

Creighton, William.-Born in Berkeley County, Virginia, October 29, 1778; graduated at Dickinson College, when quite young; studied law and was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty; and in 1798 he settled in Chillicothe, Ohio, devoting himself to his profession, and holding many positions of public trust. He was the first Secretary of State for Ohio; and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1813 to 1817, and again from 1827 to 1833. Died at Chillicothe, October 8, 1851, having for many years previously declined all public office.

Cresivell, John A. J.-Was born in Port Deposit, Cecil County, Maryland, November 18, 1828; graduated at Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, in 1848; studied law and came to the bar of Maryland, in 1850. He was a mem

ber of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1861 and 1862. From August, 1862, to April, 1863, he was an Assistant Adjutant-General for Maryland, and was elected a Representative, from Maryland, to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving on the Committees on Commerce, and Invalid Pensions. He was also a Delegate to the Baltimore Convention of 1864.

Crisfield, John W.-Was born in Kent County, Maryland, November 6, 1808; received his education at Washington College, Chestertown; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1830; settled in the practice of his profession, in Somerset County; was elected to the Maryland Legislature, in 1836; he was a Representative in Congress, from Maryland, from 1847 to 1849; in 1850 he was a Delegate to the State Constitutional Convention; in 1861 he was a Delegate to the Peace Congress; and was elected a Representative from Maryland, to the Thirty-seventh Congress, serving on the Committees on Public Lands, and on Public Expenditures.

Crittenden, John J.-He was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, in September, 1786. When quite young he entered the army, and during the war of 1812 served as Major under General Hopkins, in his expedition, and was aide-de-camp to Governor Shelby, at the battle of the Thames. After adopting the profession of law, he served a number of years in the State Legislature, and was chosen Speaker of the House; he entered Congress as a member of the Senate, from Kentucky, in 1817, serving then but two years. From 1819 to 1835 he continued in the practice of his profession, residing principally at Frankfort, and again occasionally representing his county in the State Legislature. In 1835 he was again elected to the United States Senate, and continued to serve in that body until March, 1841, when he was appointed Attorney-General by President Harrison. In September, 1841, he resigned with the other members of the cabinent, except Mr. Webster, and retired to private life, from which, however, he was soon called by the Legislature, to resume his seat in the United States Senate, in 1842. He was also elected a Senator for another term of

six years, from March, 1843, but, in 1848, having received the Whig nomination for Governor of Kentucky, he retired from the Senate, and was elected to that office, which he held until his appointment as Attorney-General by President Fillmore. He was again elected to the United States Senate in 1855, for the term ending in 1861, and was, when he retired, the oldest member of that body. He was elected in 1860 a Representative, from Kentucky, to the Thirty-seventh Congress. Died at Louisville, Kentucky, July 25, 1863.

Crocheron, Henry.-He was a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1815 to 1817.

Crocheron, Jacob.-He was a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1829 to 1831.

Crocker, Samuel L.-Was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, March 31, 1804; graduated at Brown University in 1822; held various municipal offices; and in 1849 was elected a member of the Executive Council of Massachusetts; has been devoted to the manufacturing business; and was a Representative from Massachusetts to the Thirty-third Con

gress.

Crockett, David.-Born in Greene County, Tennessee, August 17, 1786, of Irish descent, his father having fought in the Revolutionary war. He commenced the active duties of life, when twelve years old, by turning drover, and, instead of going to school, he chose the fortunes of an adventurer. He served under General Jackson in some of the Indian wars, and became his fast friend. He had a natural bias for politics, and his smartness and eccentricities made him very popular on the frontiers, and caused him to be elected to the Legislature of Tennessee. He was fond of the woods, and had no equal as a bear-hunter. He was elected to Congress in 1827, and served until 1831, and then again in 1833, serving until 1835. While in Washington he was always at his post of duty, never forgetting the welfare of his constituents, and he was one of the most popular men in Congress. The most striking features of his disposition and mind were, undoubtedly, of a whimsical character;

but behind these there was much to command respect and admiration. He told stories, or related his wild adventures, with wonderful effect. He was killed at the Alamo, Texas, March 1, 1836.

Crockett, John W.-He was the son of the celebrated David Crockett, a Representative in Congress, from Tennessee, from 1838 to 1843, and died at Memphis, November 24, 1852.

Cross, Edward. He was born in Tennessee, and, on taking up his residence in Arkansas, was elected a Representative in Congress, from 1839 to 1845.

Crouch, Edward.-He was a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1813 to 1815.

Crowell, John.-Born in Halifax County, Alabama; was chosen Delegate to Congress, when the Territory of Alabama was established in 1817, and served till 1819, when the State Constitution was formed, and he was elected first Representative to Congress, serving till 1821, and was a member of the Committee on Private Land Claims. afterwards he was appointed Agent for the Creek Indians, then inhabiting large portions of Alabama and Georgia, and exercised extensive influence over them, until their removal west of the Mississippi, in 1836. He died near Fort Mitchell, Alabama, June 25, 1846.

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Crowell, John.-He was born in Connecticut, and was a Representative in Congress, from Ohio, from 1847 to 1851, and was a member of the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Crowninshield, Benjamin W. -Born in Essex County, Massachusetts, in 1774. He filled with general acceptance the office of Secretary of the Navy, to which he was appointed in December, 1814, by President Madison, and served until his resignation, in November, 1818. In 1823, he was elected a Representative in Congress, from the Salem District of Massachusetts, and continued in that position until 1831. He died in Boston, February 8, 1851.

Crowninshield, Jacob.—He was a member of the Massachusetts Legisla

ture in 1801, and was elected a Representative in Congress,, from Massachusetts, from 1803 to 1805, and appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Jefferson, March 3, 1805. Died April 14, 1808.

Crozier, John.-He was born in Tennessee, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1845 to 1847, and for a second term, ending in 1849.

Crudup, Josiah.-He was born in Wake County, North Carolina; a Representative in Congress, from North Carolina, from 1821 to 1823, and was a member of the Committee on Private Claims.

Cruger, Daniel.-He was a member of the New York Assembly a number of years, and a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1817 to 1819.

Crump, John.-He was born in Powhatan County, Virginia, and was a Representative in Congress, from Virginia, from 1826 to 1827.

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Culbreth, Thomas. Kent County, Delaware, and was a Representative in Congress, from Maryland, from 1817 to 1821.

Cullen, Elisha D.-He was born in Delaware, and elected a Representative from that State to the Thirty-fourth Congress.

Cullom, Alvan.-He was a native of Kentucky; adopted the law as his profession; served frequently in the Legislature of Tennessee, and was a Representative in Congress, from Tennessee, from 1845 to 1847. He was a Delegate to the Peace Congress of 1861.

Cullom, William.-He was a Representative in Congress, from Tennessee, from 1851 to 1855, and Clerk of the House of Representatives during the Thirty-fourth Congress.

Culpepper, John.-He was born in Anson County, North Carolina, and represented that State in Congress, from 1807 to 1808, when his seat was vacated by resolution of the House; but he was re-elected, and served from