Life span: 12/22/1798 to 07/27/1872TabsLife SummaryFull name: George Walker CrawfordPlace of Birth: Columbia County, GABurial Place: Augusta, GABirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: SouthOrigins: Slave StateNo. of Spouses: 1No. of Children: 4Family: Peter Crawford (father), Mary Ann Crawford (mother), Mary Ann Macintosh (wife)Education: Princeton (College of New Jersey)Occupation: PoliticianAttorney or JudgePolitical Parties: WhigGovernment: Taylor Administration (1849-50)US House of RepresentativesGovernorState legislature Note Cards George Walker Crawford (Congressional Biographical Dictionary) ReferenceCRAWFORD, George Walker, a Representative from Georgia; born in Columbia County, Ga., December 22, 1798; was graduated from Princeton College in 1820; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in Augusta, Ga.; attorney general of the State 1827-1831; member of the State house of representatives 1837-1842; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Richard W. Habersham and served from January 7, 1843, to March 3, 1843; Governor of Georgia 1843-1847; appointed Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President Taylor and served from March 8, 1849, to July 23, 1850; presided over the State secession convention in 1861; died on his estate, “Bel Air,” near Augusta, Ga., July 27, 1872; interment in Summerville Cemetery.“Crawford, George Walker,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000890. Events Date span begin Life span End Event 01/16/1861 01/16/1861 Georgia's secession convention assembles in Milledgeville 01/19/1861 01/19/1861 Georgia secedes from the Union Documents Images George Walker Crawford George Walker Crawford, detail George Washington (Walker) Crawford, painting George Washington (Walker) Crawford, painting, detail Bibliography
George Walker Crawford (Congressional Biographical Dictionary) ReferenceCRAWFORD, George Walker, a Representative from Georgia; born in Columbia County, Ga., December 22, 1798; was graduated from Princeton College in 1820; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in Augusta, Ga.; attorney general of the State 1827-1831; member of the State house of representatives 1837-1842; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Richard W. Habersham and served from January 7, 1843, to March 3, 1843; Governor of Georgia 1843-1847; appointed Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President Taylor and served from March 8, 1849, to July 23, 1850; presided over the State secession convention in 1861; died on his estate, “Bel Air,” near Augusta, Ga., July 27, 1872; interment in Summerville Cemetery.“Crawford, George Walker,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000890.
