Frank Crowther (July 10, 1870 – July 20, 1955) was a

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from New York. Born in

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, he emigrated to the United States in 1872 with his parents, who settled in

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. He attended the public schools, graduated from the Lowell School of Design (a branch of the

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) in 1888 and was a designer of fabrics, carpets, and rugs for seven years. He graduated from the Harvard Dental School in 1898 and commenced practice in

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; in 1901 he moved to

Perth Amboy, New Jersey Perth Amboy is a city (New Jersey), city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Perth Amboy is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 55,4 ...

and continued the practice of dentistry. He was a member of the

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in 1904 and 1905 and a member of the Middlesex County Board of Taxation from 1906 to 1909. In 1912, Crowther moved to

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and continued the practice of his profession until elected to Congress; he was president of the common council of Schenectady in 1917 and 1918, and elected as a

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to the Sixty-sixth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1919 to January 3, 1943. During the Seventy-first Congress he was chairman of the Committee on Memorials. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1942 and in 1943 moved to

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and engaged in violin study, landscape painting, and public speaking. He died in Pueblo in 1955; interment was in Roselawn Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crowther, Frank 1870 births 1955 deaths Harvard School of Dental Medicine alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni American dentists People from Perth Amboy, New Jersey Politicians from Middlesex County, New Jersey Republican Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly English emigrants to the United States Politicians from Liverpool Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)