John M. Crebs

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John Montgomery Crebs (April 9, 1830 - June 26, 1890) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Middleburg, Virginia, Crebs moved to Illinois in 1837 with his parents, who settled in White County. He attended the public schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1852 and commenced practice in White County, Illinois. He served in the Union Army, and was commissioned lieutenant colonel, Eighty-seventh Regiment, Illinois Infantry, in 1862. Took part in the Mississippi, Vicksburg, and Arkansas campaigns. Commanded a brigade of Cavalry in the Department of the Gulf. After the close of the war resumed the practice of law.

Crebs was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1873). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1872. He engaged in the practice of his profession until his death in Carmi, Illinois, June 26, 1890. He was interred in Maple Ridge Cemetery.

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• John M. Crebs at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-14