William H. Crews (1845–?) was a justice of the peace and state legislator in North Carolina. A Republican, he served in North Carolina House of Representatives from 1874–1877 and in 1893. His son William H. Crews Jr. served in the same seat in 1895 and 1897.[1]
He was a Republican. He signed a letter of protest over the expulsion from the House of J. Williams Thorne.[2]
He introduced a resolution respecting Frederick Douglass after his death. It passed and controversy followed as Democrats claimed George Washington and Robert E. Lee had been slighted.[3]
References
edit- ↑ Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner page 53
- ↑ Representatives, North Carolina General Assembly House of (December 10, 1875). "Journal of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina". M.S. Littlefield – via Google Books.
- ↑ Edmonds, Helen G. (January 1, 2013). "The Negro and Fusion Politics in North Carolina, 1894–1901". UNC Press Books – via Google Books.
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