Fred L. Crawford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Fred L. Crawford

American politician (1888-1957)

Date of Birth: 05-May-1888

Place of Birth: Dublin, Texas, United States

Date of Death: 13-Apr-1957

Profession: politician, entrepreneur, accountant, field of work, director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Fred L. Crawford

  • Fred Lewis Crawford (May 5, 1888 – April 13, 1957) was a politician from the U.S.
  • state of Michigan. Crawford was born in Dublin, Texas and attended local public schools.
  • He went to business college at Peniel (now part of Greenville, Texas), and attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
  • He engaged in accountancy at Des Moines, Iowa, and Detroit, Michigan, 1914-1917.
  • He built, financed, and operated beet sugar mills in various sections of the United States, 1917-1935.
  • He also engaged in manufacturing, ranching, and overland transportation.
  • He was director of the Michigan National Bank and the Refiners Transport & Petroleum Corporation of Detroit at time of his death. In 1934, Crawford was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 8th congressional district to the United States House of Representatives, defeating incumbent Democrat Michael J.
  • Hart.
  • Crawford served in the 74th Congress and the eight succeeding Congresses, from January 3, 1935 to January 3, 1953.
  • In 1952, he was defeated in the Republican primary election by Alvin M.
  • Bentley, who went on to win the general election. As a member of the Committee on Insular Affairs, Crawford attended the inaugural ceremonies of the Commonwealth of the Philippines in 1935 and the Republic of the Philippines in 1946.
  • His notebooks and other materials related to those events are archived at the Bentley Historical Library of the University of Michigan [1].
  • Crawford was the ranking minority member on the Committee on Public Lands in the 81st and 82nd Congresses (1950–1952).
  • [2] Crawford retired to his farm at Allentown in Prince George's County, Maryland.
  • He died in Washington, D.C.
  • and is interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Maryland.

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