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Edward Crouch

Edward Crouch

American politician


Edward Crouch (November 9, 1764  February 2, 1827) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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Early life

Edward Crouch was born at Walnut Hill in the Province of Pennsylvania on November 9, 1764. His father James Crouch was an officer of the Revolution and his mother was named Hannah Brown.[1]

American Revolutionary War

At the age of seventeen, Crouch enlisted during the American Revolutionary War. He commanded a company in the Whisky Rebellion of 1794.

Political career

He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1804 to 1806. He was appointed associate judge of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on April 16, 1813, but resigned upon election to Congress.

Crouch was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Gloninger. He owned slaves.[2]

Later life and death

He returned to Walnut Hill and resided there until his death in 1827. Interment in Paxtang Cemetery near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.


References

  1. Egle, William (1883). History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Everts & Peck. p. 477. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  2. "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, January 19, 2022, retrieved July 11, 2022
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