William Crawford (Pennsylvania)

William Crawford (* 1760 in Paisley, Scotland, † October 23, 1823 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1809 and 1817 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Crawford attended the public schools of his native Scotland and then studied until 1781 at the University of Edinburgh medicine. He then emigrated to the United States, where he settled near Gettysburg. In 1785 he bought a farm on which he spent most of his remaining life. Full-time, he practiced there as a doctor. Between 1801 and 1808, he was also an Associate Justice in Adams County. Politically, he was a member of the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1808 Crawford was in the sixth constituency of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James Kelly on March 4, 1809. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1817 four legislative sessions. These were the meantime shaped by the events of the British -American War. Since 1813, he represented the fifth district of his state.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Crawford practiced near Gettysburg again as a doctor. He died on October 23, 1823 and was buried in Gettysburg.