Life Span
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Dickinson Connection
Opponent of John A.J. Cresswell in the 1862 mid-term election for First Congressional District in Maryland
Life Summary
Full name
John Woodlawn Crisfield
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
3
No. of Children
10
Family
Arthur Crisfield (father), Elizabeth Woodland (mother), Julia Ethelinds Page (first wife, died 1841), Ellen R. Johnson (second wife), Mary W. Handy (third wife)
Other Education
Washington College (MD)
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Relation to Slavery
Slaveholder who freed slaves
Church or Religious Denomination
Presbyterian
Political Parties
Whig
Union (Unconditional Union, National Union)
Government
US House of Representatives
