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in 1809-17 he was a representative from irennsylvania to the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth congresses. He died in 1823 in Pennsylvania.

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lands; and claims under a treaty with England, France and Spain. He was elected to the state senate; was United States district attorney for Alabama; and was judge of the United States district court for Alabama. He died April 28, 1849, in Mobile, Ala.

Crawford, William Harris, lawyer, jurist. United States senator, cabinet officer, was born Feb. 24, 1772, in Amherst county, Va. In 1799 he was appointed to prepare a digest of the laws of Georgia. He served four years in the state legislature; and during 1807-13 he was United States senator from Georgia. In 1815-17 he was seci'etary of war; and in 1817-25 he was secretary of the treasury. In 182734 he was judge of the northern circuit of Georgia. He died Sept. 15, 1834, in Albert county, Ga.

Crawford, William Henry, educator, clercollege president, was born Oct. 6, 1855, in Wilton Center, 111. He joined the Rock River conference; and was pastor for two years of Ravenswood methodist episcopal church; and later at Fulton street church of Chicago, 111. Since 1894 he has been president of the Allegheny college of Meadville, Pa. He is one of the hundred judges appointed to select for the Hall of

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Fame. Crawford, William Thomas, merchant, lawyer, congressman, was born June 1, 1856, in Haywood county, N.C. He was elected to the state legislature in 1884 and in 1886: was a democratic elec^HJpf^^, tor in 1888; and was ».' an engrossing clerk of the state house of repif^ '*-. resentatives in 1889. ""^-^ In 1891-95, 1899-1901 ' 1 a,nd 1907-09 he was a I<~ from representative North Carolina to the fifty-second, the fifty-

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a democrat; and important committees. Crawley, Edwin Schofield, educator, civil engineer, mathematician, author, was born July 31, 1862, in Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1899 he has been Thomas A. Scott professor

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