Francis Burton Craige

Francis Burton Craige (* March 13, 1811 at Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, † December 30, 1875 in Concord, North Carolina ) was an American politician. He represented North Carolina as a delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives and later as a delegate in Konföderiertenkongress.

Career

Francis Craige attended a private school in Salisbury and his doctorate in 1829 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From 1829 to 1931 he was editor and owner of the Western Carolinian. Then he took up the study of law. In 1832 he was admitted to the bar and opened a practice in Salisbury.

He was from 1832 to 1834 one of the last district representatives in the House of Representatives. His political career led him later in the Congress of the United States. He was elected as a Democrat to the 33rd and the three succeeding Congresses. Craige exercised his activity in Washington, D.C. March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1861. During this time he was chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds ( 33 Congress ).

In 1861 he was a delegate to the Secession Convention of his State Teio and led to the secession meeting, which took on the spin-off. He also was a delegate to the provisional Konföderiertenkongress in July 1861 in Richmond.

Francis Craige died on 30 December 1875 in Concord. He was buried at the Old English Cemetery in Salisbury.