Josiah Crudup

Background

Crudup, Josiah was born on January 13, 1791 in Wakelon, Wake County, North Carolina, United States.

Education

Born in Wakelon, North Carolina in Wake County, Crudup attended a private school in Louisburg, North Carolina and then Columbian College (now George Washington University) in Washington, District of Columbia. He studied theology and was ordained as a Baptist minister, which was his profession his entire life.

Career

Also a farmer, Crudup was elected to the North Carolina Senate from Wake County in 1820, but was forced to vacate his office because the state constitution at the time forbade "a minister of the Gospel, while exercising his ministerial functions, to hold a public office."

In 1821, he was elected to the 17th United States Congress and served for one term, from March 4, 1821 to March 3, 1823. Although he ran for re-election in 1822, he was defeated and returned to farming and the ministry. Crudup was a delegate from Granville County to the 1835 North Carolina Constitutional Convention, and died in Kittrell, North Carolina in 1872.

He is buried in his family cemetery near Kittrell.

Achievements

• Josiah Crudup has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman, congressman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member North Carolina Senate, 1820, North Carolina House Member United States House