Charles N. Crosby

For other persons named Charles Crosby, see Charles Crosby (disambiguation).

Charles Noel Crosby (September 29, 1876–January 26, 1951) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Charles N. Crosby was born in a farming settlement named Cherry Valley, near Andover, Ohio. He attended the New Lyme Institute, and Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1897. He moved to Linesville, Pennsylvania, in 1901, engaging in the manufacture of silos and in the lumber business. He became engaged in agricultural pursuits in 1914. He was a member of the Linesville and Meadville Boards of Education from 1920 to 1929, and served as president of the Meadville Chamber of Commerce from 1922 to 1924.

Crosby was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1938. He moved to Montgomery County, Maryland, in 1940 and operated a large dairy farm near Clarksburg, Maryland. He died in Frederick, Maryland, and was interred in Columbia Gardens Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

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Preceded by Milton W. Shreve	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 29th congressional district 1933-1939	Succeeded by Robert L. Rodgers