William Crawford (Pennsylvania politician)

William Crawford (1760 – October 23, 1823) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

William Crawford
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 5th district
In office March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817
Preceded by	George Smith
Succeeded by	William Maclay, Andrew Boden
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 6th district
In office March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813
Preceded by	James Kelly
Succeeded by	Samuel D. Ingham, Robert Brown
Personal details
Born	1760 Paisley, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain
Died	October 23, 1823 (62/63) Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic-Republican

Crawford was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1760. He received a liberal schooling, studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and in 1781 received his degree. He emigrated to the United States and settled near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He purchased a farm on Marsh Creek in 1785, where he spent the rest of his life practicing medicine. He was an associate judge for Adams County, Pennsylvania, from 1801 to 1808.

Crawford was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eleventh and to the three succeeding Congresses. He again resumed the practice of medicine near Gettysburg where he died in 1823. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg.

Sources

• United States Congress. "William Crawford (id: C000894)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by James Kelly	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district 1809–1813	Succeeded by Samuel D. Ingham Robert Brown
Preceded by George Smith	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district 1813–1817 1813 alongside: Robert Whitehill 1813–1815 alongside: John Rea 1815–1817 alongside: William Maclay	Succeeded by William Maclay Andrew Boden

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