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CRAWFORD, Fred Lewis

1888 – 1957

Overview
Biography
Congresses
Bibliography
Research Collections
Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives About this object
US Congresses Served
74th – 82nd(1935 – 1953)
House Years of Service
1935 – 1953
State / Territory
Michigan
Position
Representative
Party
Republican

Overview

US Congresses Served
74th – 82nd(1935 – 1953)
House Years of Service
1935 – 1953
State / Territory
Michigan
Position
Representative
Party
Republican

Biography

CRAWFORD, Fred Lewis, a Representative from Michigan; born in Dublin, Erath County, Tex., May 5, 1888; attended the public schools, business college at Peniel, Tex., and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; engaged in accountancy at Des Moines, Iowa, and Detroit, Mich., 1914-1917; built, financed, and operated beet sugar mills in various sections of the United States 1917-1935; also engaged in manufacturing, ranching, and overland transportation; director of the Michigan National Bank and the Refiners Transport & Petroleum Corp. of Detroit, Mich., at time of death; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1953; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1952; retired to his farm at Allentown, Prince George's County, Md.; died in Washington, D.C., April 13, 1957; interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Congresses

CongressPositionPartyStateSwornStart
74
Representative
Republican
Michigan
01/03/1935
01/03/1935
75
Representative
Republican
Michigan
01/05/1937
01/03/1937
76
Representative
Republican
Michigan
01/03/1939
01/03/1939
77
Representative
Republican
Michigan
01/03/1941
01/03/1941
78
Representative
Republican
Michigan
01/06/1943
01/03/1943
79
Representative
Republican
Michigan
01/16/1945
01/03/1945
80
Representative
Republican
Michigan
01/03/1947
01/03/1947
81
Representative
Republican
Michigan
01/10/1949
01/03/1949
82
Representative
Republican
Michigan
01/03/1951
01/03/1951

The 74th United States Congress

The 75th United States Congress

The 76th United States Congress

The 77th United States Congress

The 78th United States Congress

The 79th United States Congress

The 80th United States Congress

The 81st United States Congress

The 82nd United States Congress

Bibliography

There are currently no bibliographies for this profile. Please contact the U.S. House of Representatives (archives@mail.house.gov) or U.S. Senate (historian@sec.senate.gov) with any questions or suggestions.

Research Collections

Central Michigan University

Clarke Historical Library
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Papers:
1951, 2 items.
A cover letter and 13 page speech by Fred L. Crawford attacking the administration's Asian foreign policy. Topics include the Japanese peace treaty with China, US interests in the Philippines, the Korean War, and the military budget.

University of Michigan

Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical Library
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Papers:
1925-1953, 6 linear feet and 1 volume.
The papers of Fred L. Crawford include correspondence, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, speeches, and other miscellanea relating to his political career, especially the election campaigns of 1936, 1940 and 1952. The papers also contain material relating to his trips to the Philippines in 1935 and 1946, and a scrapbook from 1938 concerning the activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, including letter from J. Edgar Hoover. Also included is a scrapbook from 1936 containing newspaper clippings and campaign miscellanea concerning his re-election campaign in 1936, as well as photographs. A finding aid is available in the library.
Papers:
In the Fred Dustin Papers, 1886-1957, 4.5 linear feet and 1 volume.
Correspondents include Fred L. Crawford. A finding aid is available in the library.
Papers:
In the Fred Warren Green Papers, 1881-1939; 2 linear feet, 1 oversize folder, and 5 volumes.
Correspondents include Fred L. Crawford.
Papers:
In the Joseph Ralston Hayden Papers, 1854-1948, 56 linear feet and 1 oversize folder.
Correspondents include Fred L. Crawford. A finding aid is available in the library and online.
Papers:
In the Howard Cyrus Lawrence Papers, 1916-1966, 25 linear feet and 2 volumes.
Correspondents include Fred L. Crawford. A finding aid is available in the library.
Papers:
In the Fred W. Litzner Papers, 1900-1966, 1 linear foot.
Correspondents include Fred L. Crawford.
Papers:
In the William Butts Mershon Papers, 1848-1943, 47 linear feet.
Other authors include Fred L. Crawford. A finding aid is available in the library and online.
Papers:
In the Stellanova Osborn Papers, 1916-1992, 40 linear feet.
Other authors include Fred L. Crawford. A finding aid is available in the library.
Papers:
In the Charles M. Ziegler Papers, 1928-1959, 2 linear feet and 9 volumes.
Correspondents include Fred L. Crawford. A finding aid is available in the library.
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