Edward Crouch

Edward Crouch ( * November 9, 1764 in Highspire, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, † February 2, 1827 ) was an American politician. Between 1813 and 1815 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Edward Crouch attended the public schools of his home. At the age of 17, he took part in the final phase of the War of Independence as a soldier. In 1794 he RentabilitatChanged commanding a company in the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion. Otherwise, he worked in the trade. Politically, he was a member of the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party. In the years 1804-1806 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. In 1813 he became a judge in Dauphin County, which suggests an earlier study of law. This post he held for only a few months until his election to Congress.

Following the resignation of Mr John Gloninger Crouch was at the election due in the third district of his state as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 12 October 1813. Since he resigned in 1814 to further candidacy, he could only finish the current term in Congress until March 3, 1815. This period was marked by the events of the British - American War.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Edward Crouch pulled back out of politics. He died on 2 February 1827.