Eugene B. Crowe
American politician (1878-1970)
Eugene Burgess Crowe (January 5, 1878 – May 12, 1970) was an American businessman and politician who served five terms as a U.S. representative from Indiana from 1931 to 1941.
Biography
Born near Jeffersonville, Indiana, Crowe attended the rural schools and Borden (Indiana) Academy.
He taught in county schools 1894–1896.
He moved to Bedford, Indiana, in 1899 and engaged in the retail furniture business, real estate, and banking.
He served as delegate to the Democratic State conventions 1908–1960.
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1928, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1960.
He served as delegate to the Interparliamentary Union Congress at Oslo, Norway, in 1939.
Congress
Crowe was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1941).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress.
Later career and death
He resumed his former business interests.
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