Biography

03/30/1826 - 08/23/1904

Doctor David McLean Crawford (D21) Blair, Centre, Huntington, Juniata, Mifflin and Perry Counties 1871 (D22) Centre, Juniata, Mifflin and Huntington Counties 1872-1873 (D31) Perry, Juniata and Mifflin Counties 1877-1880 

Early Life:  

Doctor David McLean Crawford, born March 30, 1826, Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, son of Doctor David and Peggy Brown Crawford; English training, received, three-year course under instructor Reverend John Hutchinson; Medical University, City of New York, 1848-1849; attended, second course of lectures 1850- graduated,1851; physician; married, Ellen E. Jackman, children, Rebecca Murray, Anna Jane, Brodie Jackman, James Woodburn, Darwin McLean, Martyn Payne, Edgar Druitt; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1871--1873; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1877-1880; died, August 23, 1904 (aged 78) Juniata County, Pennsylvania; Interment Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery, Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pennsylvania. 

Early Career:

Began practice with his brother, E. Darwin Crawford, Thompsontown, Juniata County while still in school. Opened active medical practice, Millerstown, Perry County 1851-1864, Returned, to practice in Mifflintown when his brother Senator Doctor Erasmus Crawford died, 1864.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 21st district, Blair, Centre, Huntington, Juniata, Mifflin and Perry Counties, 1871, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 22nd district, Centre, Juniata, Mifflin and Huntington Counties, 1872-1873; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 31st district, Perry, Mifflin and Juniata Counties, 1877-1880, committee assignments, Agriculture, Banks and Banking, Divorce, Education, Federal Relations, New Counties and County Seats, Pensions and Gratuities, Public Buildings, Railroads, and Retrenchment and Reform and Vice and Immorality Committees. 

Legacy:

Brother, Doctor Erasmus Crawford, Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry Counties. 1859-1862.

Erasmus Darwin Crawford  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Son-in-law, Brevet Brigadier General John Kincaid Robison (married, daughter Rebecca Murray Crawford) 21st district, Blair, Centre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry Counties, 1869-1870.

John Kincaid Robison  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Cited: 

Cox, Harold "Senate Members "C". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1871). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 428, 430, 436-438.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1873). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 515, 517, 522-524.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1879). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 704, 710-712, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 662.

Dr David McLean Crawford (1826-1904) - Find a Grave Memorial