George W. Crabb Explained

State1:Alabama
District1:3rd
Term Start1:September 4, 1838
Term End1:March 3, 1841
Predecessor1:Joab Lawler
Successor1:District inactive
Office2:Member of the Alabama Senate
Term2:1837-1838
Office3:Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
Term3:1836-1837
Birth Name:George Whitfield Crabb
Birth Date:22 February 1804
Birth Place:Manningham, Alabama
Death Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Party:Whig

George Whitfield Crabb (February 22, 1804 – August 15, 1846) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Born in Botetourt County, Virginia, Crabb attended the public schools.He moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Crabb was elected assistant secretary of the State senate and comptroller of public accounts in 1829.He served in the Florida Indian War of 1836 and was lieutenant colonel of the Alabama Volunteers.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1836 and 1837.He served in the State senate in 1837 and 1838.Major general of militia.

Crabb was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joab Lawler.He was reelected to the Twenty-sixth Congress and served from September 4, 1838, to March 4, 1841.He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-seventh Congress.He was appointed judge of the county court of Mobile in 1846.He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 15, 1846.He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.