CRAPO, William Wallace (1830-1926)
Republican of Massachusetts 
1st congressional district
Served in House 1875-1883
Biography
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Dartmouth, Mass., May 16, 1830; moved with his parents to New Bedford, Mass., in 1832; attended private and public schools of New Bedford, and was graduated from the local high school in 1845; attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and later the Friends' Academy at New Bedford; was graduated from the latter institution in 1848 and from Yale College in 1852; studied law at Harvard Law School for one year; was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice in New Bedford; city solicitor of New Bedford 1855-1867; member of the State house of representatives in 1857; elected to the Forty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Buffington; reelected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh Congresses and served from November 2, 1875, to March 3, 1883; chairman, Committee on Banking and Currency (Forty-seventh Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1882; resumed the practice of law and also engaged in banking and in the manufacture of fine cotton goods; member of the Republican National Committee in 1884; appointed by Governor Wolcott in 1897 a member of the commission to revise street railway regulations; died in New Bedford, Mass., February 28, 1926; interment in the Rural Cemetery.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
