Eugene B. Crowe

Eugene Burgess Crowe (* January 5, 1878 in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, † May 12, 1970 in Indianapolis, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1931 and 1941 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Eugene Crowe attended the common schools and the Borden Academy. Between 1894 and 1896 he worked as a teacher. In 1899 he moved to Bedford. In his new hometown Crowe worked as a furniture salesman; He also worked in real estate and in the banking industry. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1908 and 1960 he took part in the regional party conferences in Indiana as a delegate. In the years 1928, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions relevant. In 1939, he was an American delegate to the Congress of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Oslo.

In the congressional elections of 1930, Crowe was in the third electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James W. Dunbar on March 4, 1931. After four elections he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1941 five legislative sessions. Since 1933, he represented there as a successor to Fred S. Purnell the ninth district of his state. During this time most of the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government were adopted in Congress. In 1933, joined the 20th and the 21st Amendment to the Constitution in force. 1940 Crowe was not re-elected.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Eugene Crowe took his previous activities on again. He was also president of the Stone City National Bank, Head of a hotel and an insurance company. He died May 12, 1970 in Indianapolis at the age of 92 years.