Joseph T. Crowell

Joseph Tucker Crowell (December 27, 1817 – September 22, 1891) was an American printer, editor, and politician. He served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and as President of the New Jersey Senate.

Biography

Crowell was born in Rahway, New Jersey in 1817, the son of Nathan and Harriet (Tucker) Crowell.^[1] He first learned the printer's trade working on the Elizabeth Journal of Elizabeth, New Jersey. He later set type on the first number of the Sunday Atlas in New York City and printed other New York journals. For five years he published Crowell's Pictorial and National Register, the first pictorial newspaper printed in the United States.^[2]

Crowell was a printing contractor for the United States Congress, working with Congressional printer Cornelius Wendell. Wendell had established a printing business in Washington, D.C., in a building designed in 1856 by Edward Clark. Crowell acquired the building in 1859.^[1] In 1861 he was presented with a check for $135,000 for the purchase of the building by the federal government to house the newly established Government Printing Office.^[3]

During the Civil War, Crowell became active politically as a War Democrat. In 1861, he was elected to the New Jersey Senate from Union County, serving as the body's president in 1862. He went on to serve in the New Jersey General Assembly, holding the position of Speaker in 1865.^[2]

Crowell became City Treasurer of Rahway in 1869. He was indicted in 1880 on charges of embezzlement of city funds, but the jury ended in a deadlock.^[4]^[5]

In the 1888 presidential election, Crowell left the Democratic Party to support the Republican ticket of Benjamin Harrison.^[6]

In 1891, Crowell died in Rahway at the age of 74.^[2]

References

1 2 American Ancestry. 4. Albany: Joel Munsell's Sons. 1889. p. 210.
1 2 3 "Obituary". The New York Times. 1891-09-23. p. 5. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
↑ Caemmerer, H. Paul (1939). A Manual on the Origin and Development of Washington. Government Printing Office. p. 259.
↑ "The Hon. J.T. Crowell's Indictment". The New York Times. 1880-01-23. p. 8. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
↑ "City and Suburban News". The New York Times. 1880-10-29. p. 8. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
↑ The Quarterly Register of Current History. 1. 1892. p. 467.

External links

Joseph T. Crowell at The Political Graveyard

Political offices
Preceded by Edmund Perry	President of the New Jersey Senate 1862	Succeeded by Anthony Reckless
Preceded by Joseph N. Taylor	Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly 1865	Succeeded by John Hill

Speakers of the New Jersey General Assembly

Gardiner Fretwell Jennings T. Gordon Kay D. Coxe Kinsey Johnstone Trent Johnstone Kinsey, Jr. Bonnel A. Johnston Nevill Lawrence Nevill Charles Read Lawrence Nevill Ogden Skinner Crane Skinner Hart Camp Hornblower Meheim Harris Hendrickson Van Cleve Harris Van Cleve Beatty Dayton E. Elmer S. Condict E. Elmer Imlay S. Condict W. Coxe Dickerson W. Coxe P. Gordon Cox L. Condict Kennedy Pearson Bateman Pennington Clark E. Elmer D. Thompson L. Elmer D. Johnston Drake Ewing Wurts J. Jackson Ryall T. Haight L. Condict Stites Emley Halsey J. Taylor Van Wagenen Howell J. Evans Whelpley Nixon Phillips Huyler Fennimore Parry Demarest Dutcher Holsman Salter Patterson Teese C. Haight Crowell J.N. Taylor Crowell Hill Curtis A. Evans Abbett Condit Niles Fisher G. Hobart Vanderbilt Caracallen Rabe Egan S. Jackson Oviatt Van Duyne Dunn O'Connor Stoney Armstrong Baird Dickinson Hudspeth Heppenheimer Bergen Flynn Holt Cross DeRousse MacPherson Watkins B. Jones Bradley Horner Avis Robbins Lethbridge Jess Prince Ward Kenny McCran L.R. Taylor Beekman Godfrey Pilgrim Schoen Wolverton Pierson Glover G.S. Hobart Rowland W. Evans Eaton Powell Chandless Siracusa Hanson Gabrielson Knight Wise Greenberg Otto Pascoe Altman Clee Newcomb Walker De Voe Pascoe McClave Boswell Amlicke Cavicchia Hess W. Jones Leonard Brescher Mehorter Miller Fraser M. Thompson Cavinato Simmill Thomas Salsburg Mosch Mills Hyland Kurtz Brady D'Aloia Davis Matthews Beadleston Higgins Brady Hauser Halpin Smith Moraites Dickey Parker Kean Woodson LeFante Hamilton Jackman Karcher Hardwick Doria Haytaian Collins Sires Roberts Oliver Prieto

Presidents of the New Jersey Senate

Smallwood March Canfield Manners Alexander Speer Herring Gifford Perry Crowell Reckless Robbins Scudder Scovel Buckley Little Robbins Bettle Taylor Sewell Abbett Ludlow Sewell Hobart Gardner Vail Schenck Griggs Fish Large Werts Nevius Adrain Rogers Stokes Thompson Williams Voorhees Skirm Reed Johnson Pitney Francis Hutchinson Wakelee Cross Bradley Minch Hillery Robbins Frelinghuysen Ackerman Prince Fielder Johnson Slocum Edge Read Gaunt McCran Runyon Case Allen Mackay Wallworth Reeves Bright Larson Davis Stevens Mathis Pierson Wolber A. Reeves Richards Powell Prall Barbour Durand Loizeaux Hendrickson Foran Scott Stanger Farley Proctor Barton Summerill Van Alstyne Bodine Littell Hannold Young Mathis Wallace Dumont McCay Stout Lance Harper Hillery Crane Farley Ozzard Sandman Lynch Sr. Ridolfi Forsythe McDermott Bateman Beadleston Dodd Feldman Merlino Orechio Russo Lynch Jr. DiFrancesco Bennett Codey Kenny Codey Sweeney

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