Jacob Crowninshield
Jacob Crowninshield | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 2nd district | |
In office March 4, 1803 – April 15, 1808 | |
Preceded by | William Shepard |
Succeeded by | Joseph Story |
Member of the Massachusetts Senate | |
In office 1801 | |
Personal details | |
Born | March 31, 1770 Salem, Massachusetts |
Died | April 15, 1808 (aged 38) Washington, D.C. |
Resting place | Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts |
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Relations | Benjamin Williams Crowninshield, Arent S. Crowninshield |
Children | Sarah Crowninshield |
Jacob Crowninshield (March 31, 1770 – April 15, 1808) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and appointee to the position of U.S. Secretary of the Navy, which he never filled. His brother Benjamin Williams Crowninshield did successfully hold the post; the Crowninshield family in general was prominent in early American maritime affairs. His ancestor, Johann Casper Richter von Kronenscheldt, immigrated from Leipzig. He was the grandfather of Arent S. Crowninshield.
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Biography[edit]
Jacob Crowninshield was born March 31, 1770, in Salem, Massachusetts. As a young man Crowninshield went in partnership with three of his brothers commanding trade ships between the United States and India.[1]
In 1796, Crowninshield married Sarah Gardner, daughter of John (a direct descendant of an old planter) and Sarah (Derby, daughter of Richard (1712–1783)). Their daughter Sarah married the Salem merchant Richard Saltonstall Rogers.[2]
Crowninshield was an unsuccessful candidate for election to Congress in 1798 (to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dwight Foster), but was elected to the Massachusetts State Senate in 1801. While in the House, in the 9th Congress, he was chairman of the United States House Committee on Commerce and Manufactures.
In November 1802, Crowninshield was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 8th, 9th and 10th Congresses and served from March 4, 1803, until his death from tuberculosis in Washington, D.C. on April 15, 1808. Crowninshield was 38 years old at the time of his death.
Immediately before his death, Crowninshield was offered the position of U.S. Secretary of the Navy by President Thomas Jefferson, but he was unable to assume his duties due to ill health.[1]
Crowninshield is buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery in his hometown of Salem.
See also[edit]
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
- George Crowninshield Jr., brother
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ a b "Jacob Crowninshield", National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Volume 3. New York: James T. White & Co., 1893; p. 7.
- ^ History of Essex County, Massachusetts, Duane Hamilton Hurd, Printed by J. & W. Lewis Co., Philadelphia, Penn., 1888.
External links[edit]
- United States Congress. "Jacob Crowninshield (id: C000947)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Jacob Crowninshield at Miller Center of Public Affairs
- Jacob Crowninshield at Find A Grave
U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by William Shepard |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1803 – April 15, 1808 |
Succeeded by Joseph Story |
- 1770 births
- 1808 deaths
- Crowninshield family
- Massachusetts state senators
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- Politicians from Salem, Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Democratic-Republicans
- Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- People of colonial Massachusetts
- Burials at Harmony Grove Cemetery