Crawford, George Walker

Life Span
to
    Full name
    George Walker Crawford
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    South
    Origins
    Slave State
    No. of Spouses
    1
    No. of Children
    4
    Family
    Peter Crawford (father), Mary Ann Crawford (mother), Mary Ann Macintosh (wife)
    Education
    Princeton (College of New Jersey)
    Occupation
    Politician
    Attorney or Judge
    Political Parties
    Whig
    Government
    Taylor Administration (1849-50)
    US House of Representatives
    Governor
    State legislature

    George Walker Crawford (Congressional Biographical Dictionary)

    Reference
    CRAWFORD, 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.
    How to Cite This Page: "Crawford, George Walker," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/12338.