Thurman C. Crook

Thurman Charles Crook (* July 18, 1891 in Peru, Indiana, † October 23, 1981 in Rochester, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1949 and 1951 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thurman Crook attended the public schools in Cass County, the Logansport High School, the Indiana State Normal School and Purdue University. In addition, he was still a student at Indiana University and at Valparaiso University, where he graduated in 1930. Crook worked as a carpenter and traded with cement. Between 1913 and 1948 he taught administrative practice. He also coached athletes at various high schools in Indiana. Since 1924, Crook was also engaged in fruit growing.

Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1939 and 1943 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Indiana; 1943 to 1947 he was a member of the State Senate. In 1946 he applied unsuccessfully to have his party's nomination for the congressional elections. In the 1948 elections, he was then but in the third electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Robert A. Grant on January 3, 1949. Since he has not been confirmed in 1950, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1951.

In 1956, Thurman Crook sought unsuccessfully on his return to the U.S. House of Representatives. Otherwise, he worked as a farmer, horticulture and as a sheep farmer. He spent his life in and Macy died on 23 October 1981 at the age of 90 in Rochester.