Background
Crail, Joe was born on December 24, 1877 in Fairfield, Iowa, United States. Son of Benjamin Franklin and Nancy Ralston (McCrackin) Crail.
United States representative lawyer politician
Crail, Joe was born on December 24, 1877 in Fairfield, Iowa, United States. Son of Benjamin Franklin and Nancy Ralston (McCrackin) Crail.
Bachelor of Arts, Drake U., Des Moines, Iowa, 1898. Student Iowa College of Law, Des Moines, Iowa.
During the Spanish–American War, Crail enlisted as a private in the Twelfth Company, United States Volunteer Signal Corps. He was promoted to corporal and served in the American Army of Occupation in Cuba until its withdrawal. He studied law at the Iowa College of Law, and was admitted to the bar in 1903 and commenced practice in Fairfield, Iowa.
Crail moved to California in 1913, settled in Los Angeles, and practiced law until elected to Congress. He served as chairman of the Republican State central committee for southern California 1918–1920. He was elected as a Republican to the Seventieth, Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1932, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination as United States Senator. He resumed the practice of law but also engaged in banking. He died in Los Angeles, California in 1938.
He was buried in Inglewood Park Mausoleum, Inglewood, California.
Served as volunteer Spanish-American War, 1898, and continued until evacuation of Cuba by United States Army, 1902. Member 70th to 72d Congresses (1927-1933), 10th California District. Member Christian (Disciples) Church.
Married Gladys Adelaide Schmidt, February 10, 1920. Children: Gladys Adelaide, Jo.