William T. Crawford

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William Thomas Crawford (June 1, 1856 - November 16, 1913) was a Representative from North Carolina.

Crawford was born near Waynesville, North Carolina where he attended the public schools and Waynesville Academy. From 1884 to 1888, he was a member of the State house of representatives. In 1890 he graduated from the law department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1] In 1891 he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Waynesville. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second congress and Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895), Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899 – May 10, 1900) and Sixtieth Congress (March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909). After being an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to Congress in 1908, he resumed the practice of law in Waynesville, North Carolina, where he died November 16, 1913. Interment was in the city's Green Hill Cemetery.

His son Fred Crawford was the first college football All-American from North Carolina.

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