Edward Crouch

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Edward Crouch
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 3rd district
In office
October 12, 1813 – March 3, 1815
Preceded byJames Whitehill, John Gloninger
Succeeded byJohn Whiteside, James M. Wallace
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1804-1806
Personal details
Born(1764-11-09)November 9, 1764
Walnut Hill, Province of Pennsylvania, British America
DiedFebruary 2, 1827(1827-02-02) (aged 62)
Walnut Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

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

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 Republican to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Gloninger.

Later life and death[]

He returned to Walnut Hill and resided there until his death in 1827. Interment in 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.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district
1813–1815
alongside: Amos Slaymaker 		Succeeded by


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