Edward Crouch

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Edward Crouch (November 9, 1764 - February 2, 1827) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Edward Crouch was born at Walnut Hill, near Highspire, Pennsylvania. At the age of seventeen, Crouch enlisted during the Revolutionary War. 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 from 1804 to 1806. He was appointed associate judge of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on April 16, 1813, but resigned upon election to Congress.

Crouch was elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Gloninger. He returned to Walnut Hill and resided there until his death in 1827. Interment in Paxtang Cemetery near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by James Whitehill John Gloninger

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district 1813-1815 alongside:Amos Slaymaker

Succeeded by John Whiteside James M. Wallace