Edward Crouch was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

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Biography

Edward Crouch was born at Walnut Hill, near Highspire, Pennsylvania

Highspire, Pennsylvania

Highspire is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,720 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.The American actor Don Keefer was born in Highspire in 1916....

. At the age of seventeen, Crouch enlisted during the American Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...

. He commanded a company in the Whisky Rebellion of 1794. He was engaged in mercantile pursuits at Walnut Hill. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two year terms from single member districts....

 from 1804 to 1806. He was appointed associate judge of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Dauphin County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and is one of the three counties comprising the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010 census, the population was 268,100. The county includes the city of Harrisburg, which has served as the state capital...

, on April 16, 1813, but resigned upon election to Congress.

Crouch was elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth

13th United States Congress

- Senate :* President: Elbridge Gerry , until November 23, 1814, thereafter vacant.* President pro tempore: Joseph B. Varnum , December 6, 1813 – February 3, 1814** John Gaillard , elected November 25, 1814- House of Representatives :...

 Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Gloninger

John Gloninger

John Gloninger was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Gloninger was born in Lebanon Township, Pennsylvania. He served as a subaltern officer in the Associaters during the Revolutionary War and later was in command of a battalion of militia...

. He returned to Walnut Hill and resided there until his death in 1827. Interment in Paxtang Cemetery near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 49,528, making it the ninth largest city in Pennsylvania...

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