Josiah Crudup (January 13, 1791 – May 20, 1872) was a

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from

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between 1821 and 1823. Crudup was born in Wakelon, North Carolina in

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, the son of Elizabeth (Battle) and Josiah Crudup, a Baptist minister. Crudup attended a private school in

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and then Columbian College (now

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) in

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. He studied

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and was ordained as a

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minister, which was his profession his entire life. Also a farmer, Crudup was elected to the

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from Wake County in 1820, but was forced to vacate his office because the state constitution at the time forbade "a minister of the Gospel, while exercising his ministerial functions, to hold a public office." In 1821, he was elected to the

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and served for one term, from March 4, 1821 to March 3, 1823. Although he ran for re-election in 1822, he was narrowly defeated by

Willie P. Mangum Willie Person Mangum (; May 10, 1792September 7, 1861) was an American politician and planter who served as U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1831 and 1836 and between 1840 and 1853. He was one of the founders and leading memb ...

and returned to farming and the ministry. Crudup was a delegate from Granville County to the 1835 North Carolina Constitutional Convention, and died in

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in 1872; he is buried in his family cemetery near Kittrell. Among his descendants is actor

Billy Crudup William Gaither Crudup (; born July 8, 1968) is an American actor. He is a four-time Tony Award nominee, winning once for his performance in Tom Stoppard's play ''The Coast of Utopia'' in 2007. He has starred in numerous high-profile films, inc ...

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