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William Thomas CRAWFORD, Congress, NC (1856-1913) CRAWFORD William Thomas , a Representative from North Carolina;
born near Waynesville, Haywood County, N.C., June 1, 1856;
attended the public schools and Waynesville Academy;
member of the State house of representatives 1884-1888;
engrossing clerk of the State house of representatives in 1889;
was graduated from the law department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1890;
was admitted to the bar in 1891 and commenced practice in Waynesville;
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895);
delegate to the American Bimetallic League in Washington, D.C., in 1893;
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress;