Edward Crouch (November 9, 1764February 2, 1827) was a member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Early life
Edward Crouch was born at
Walnut Hill in the
Province of Pennsylvania
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on November 9, 1764. His father James Crouch was an officer of the Revolution and his mother was named Hannah Brown.
American Revolutionary War
At the age of seventeen, Crouch enlisted during the
American Revolutionary War
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. He commanded a company in the
Whisky Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax impo ...
of 1794.
Political career
He was a member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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It ...
from 1804 to 1806. He was appointed associate judge of
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
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, on April 16, 1813, but resigned upon election to Congress.
Crouch was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the
Thirteenth
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Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
John Gloninger
John Gloninger (September 19, 1758January 22, 1836) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
John Gloninger was born in Lebanon Township in the Province of Pennsylvania. He served as a subaltern officer i ...
. He owned slaves.
Later life and death
He returned to Walnut Hill and resided there until his death in 1827. Interment in
Paxtang Cemetery near
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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.
References
1764 births
1827 deaths
Politicians from Philadelphia
People of colonial Pennsylvania
Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Pennsylvania state court judges
American slave owners
Continental Army soldiers
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