John Crowell (Alabama politician) explained

Joseph Crowell
State:Alabama
Term Start:December 14, 1819
Term End:March 3, 1821
Predecessor:Himself (Delegate)
Successor:Gabriel Moore
Office1:Delegate to the
U.S. House of Representatives
from the Alabama Territory's
at-large district
Term Start1:January 29, 1818
Term End1:March 3, 1819
Predecessor1:Constituency established
Successor1:Himself (Representative)
Birth Name:Joseph John Crowell
Birth Date:18 September 1780
Birth Place:Halifax County, North Carolina, U.S.
Death Place:Fort Mitchell, Alabama, U.S.
Party:Democratic-Republican

Joseph John Crowell (September 18, 1780 – June 25, 1846) was born in Halifax County, North Carolina. He was educated locally. In the War of 1812, he helped to recruit a regiment and was commissioned as a colonel. He moved to Alabama in 1815, serving as Congressional Delegate from the Alabama Territory. In the election of 1818, he became the first member of the House of Representatives from the new state of Alabama. When he retired after one term in 1821, President James Monroe appointed him the United States Indian agent to the Creek Indians. He died at Fort Mitchell, Alabama in 1846.

External links

|-