George Addison Crawford (July 27, 1827 – January 26, 1891) was an American politician, lawyer and journalist. Crawford was born in

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. He graduated from Jefferson College (now

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) in 1847. Crawford was a delegate to the Pennsylvania Democratic State Convention in 1855. In 1857, along with

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and others, he purchased and founded the city of Fort Scott, Kansas. He was elected governor of Kansas in 1861; however the election was declared illegal before he could assume the post. In 1871, he was appointed commissioner to the

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. He was also the city founder of

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(incorporated July 22, 1882). where he died and was buried. He is the namesake of

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* ''A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans'', William E. Connelley, published 1918. 1827 births 1891 deaths American newspaper journalists Kansas Democrats Washington & Jefferson College alumni People from Fort Scott, Kansas 19th-century American journalists American male journalists 19th-century American male writers 19th-century American lawyers {{Kansas-politician-stub