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Charles A. Crow

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Charles A. Crow
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 14th district
In office
March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911
Preceded byJoseph J. Russell
Succeeded byJoseph J. Russell
Personal details
Born
Charles Augustus Crow

March 31, 1873
Sikeston, Missouri, US
DiedMarch 20, 1938(1938-03-20) (aged 64)
Campbell, Missouri, US
Resting placeWoodlawn Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
SpouseEmma Gardner
RelativesSheryl Crow (great-granddaughter)

Charles Augustus Crow (March 31, 1873 – March 20, 1938)[1] was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Biography

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Born on a farm near Sikeston, Missouri, Crow attended the common schools. He moved to a farm near Bernie, Missouri, in August 1896 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He moved to Caruthersville, Pemiscot County, in 1901 and engaged in the real estate and insurance business. He was postmaster of Caruthersville from May 19, 1902, to January 14, 1909.

Crow was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress. He moved to Campbell, Missouri, in 1911 and resumed agricultural pursuits. He also engaged in the real estate and insurance business. He died in Campbell, Missouri, March 20, 1938, at the age of 64. He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.

He is one of singer Sheryl Crow's great-grandfathers.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Charles Augustus Crow Sr". freepages.rootsweb.com. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 14th congressional district

1909–1911
Succeeded by
Joseph Russell