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American politician (1830–1926)

William Wallace Crapo Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st district In office November 2, 1875 – March 3, 1883 Preceded by James Buffinton Succeeded by Robert T. Davis Personal details Born (1830-05-16)May 16, 1830 Dartmouth, Massachusetts, U.S. Died February 28, 1926(1926-02-28) (aged 95) New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S. Party Republican Alma mater Yale University Dane Law School Profession Attorney

**William Wallace Crapo** (May 16, 1830 – February 28, 1926) was a member of the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts). He was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Buffinton. He served slightly more than three terms in congress from November 2, 1875 to March 3, 1883[1]

Born in [Dartmouth, Massachusetts](/source/Dartmouth%2C_Massachusetts), died in [New Bedford](/source/New_Bedford), Massachusetts. Crapo is interred in the Rural Cemetery. He was a prominent attorney in New Bedford. Among his clients was [Hetty Green](/source/Hetty_Green).

William Wallace Crapo was a brother of the [Alpha Delta Phi](/source/Alpha_Delta_Phi) fraternity in his undergraduate years at [Yale University](/source/Yale_University). He graduated in 1852 and was a member of [Skull and Bones](/source/Skull_and_Bones).[2]: 3 On April 15, 1851, Crapo visited [Brown University](/source/Brown_University), on which date he is credited with initiating 17 members of the provisional chapter there, re-activating the ten-years-dormant [Brunonian Chapter](/source/Alpha_Delta_Phi#The_Society).

In 1903, Crapo (pronounced cray-poe) was a founding member and first president of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society, governing body of the [New Bedford Whaling Museum](/source/New_Bedford_Whaling_Museum).

## Personal life

Crapo was the son of [Governor of Michigan](/source/Governor_of_Michigan) [Henry H. Crapo](/source/Henry_H._Crapo) (1804–1869), who also served as the mayor of [Flint, Michigan](/source/Flint%2C_Michigan) and in the Michigan State Senate. His mother, Mary Ann (Slocum) Crapo (1805–1875), was a descendant of [William Hutchinson (Rhode Island judge)](/source/William_Hutchinson_(Rhode_Island_judge)) and his wife [Anne Hutchinson](/source/Anne_Hutchinson), daughter of [Francis Marbury](/source/Francis_Marbury). His second cousin, three times removed is [Mike Crapo](/source/Mike_Crapo), who served as a [United States representative](/source/United_States_representative) from Idaho 1993-1999 and has served as a [United States senator](/source/United_States_senator) from Idaho since 1999. His nephew was [William C. Durant](/source/William_C._Durant), co-founder of [General Motors](/source/General_Motors).

Crapo married Sarah Ann Davis Tappan (October 6, 1831 in Newburyport, MA-December 13, 1893 in New Bedford, MA) on January 20, 1857 in New Bedford. They had four children:

- Henry Howland Crapo II (January 5, 1862 in New Bedford, MA-November 26, 1951 in Leesburg, FL)

- George Tappan Crapo (March 16, 1864 in New Bedford, MA-September 12, 1865 in New Bedford, MA)

- Stanford Tappan Crapo (June 13, 1865 in New Bedford, MA-January 26, 1939 in Tryon, NC); married Emma Caroline Morley (January 6, 1872 in Fort Scott, KS-November 27, 1937 in Detroit, MI) on October 10, 1894 in Painesville, OH - William Wallace Crapo II (1895–1991) - Catherine Tappan Crapo (1897–1977); married Capt. John Morgan Bullard, US Army (1890–1965) - Dr. John Crapo Bullard (1921–2002); married Katherine G. Kilburn (1922–2005) - John Kilburn Bullard (1947-; served as Mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts from 1986 to 1992 - Sarah Bullard (1924–1942) - [Mary Morley Crapo (1912–2003)](/source/Mary_Eccles%2C_Viscountess_Eccles); married 1st Donald Frizell Hyde (1909–1966); married 2nd [David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles](/source/David_Eccles%2C_1st_Viscount_Eccles)[3] - Anne Howland Hyde (1941–1941)

- Anna Almy Crapo (November 20, 1866 in New Bedford, MA-April 27, 1867 in New Bedford, MA)

## See also

- *[The Whaleman](/source/The_Whaleman)* - A monument in New Bedford commissioned by Crapo

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in Congress, p. 128-134.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Yaleobit192526_2-0)** ["OBITUARY RECORD OF YALE GRADUATES 1925-1926"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184935/http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf) (PDF). Yale University. August 1, 1926. Archived from [the original](http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf) (PDF) on July 9, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Mary Hyde Is Wed to Viscount Eccles"](https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/27/style/mary-hyde-is-wed-to-viscount-eccles.html). *The New York Times*. September 27, 1984. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

- United States Congress. ["William W. Crapo (id: C000881)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000881). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

- Headley, Phineas Camp: *Public men of to-day: being biographies of the President and Vice-President of the United States, each member of the Cabinet, the United States Senators and the members of the House of Representatives of the Forty-Seventh Congress, the Chief Justice and justices of the Supreme Court of the United States*., page 345 (1882).

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U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by James Buffinton Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st congressional district November 2, 1875 – March 3, 1883 Succeeded by Robert T. Davis

v t e Chairs of the United States House Committee on Financial Services Pomeroy Garfield Hooper Maynard Cox Buckner Crapo Buckner Curtin Wilkins Dorsey Bacon Springer Walker Brosius Fowler Vreeland Pujo Glass Phelan Platt McFadden Steagall Spence Wolcott Spence Wolcott Spence Patman Reuss St. Germain González Leach Oxley Frank Bachus Hensarling Waters McHenry Hill

v t e United States representatives from Massachusetts 1st district F. Ames Dexter Goodhue Holten Sedgwick Skinner Sedgwick J. Bacon Eustis Quincy Ward Jr. Mason Gorham Webster Gorham N. Appleton Gorham A. Lawrence Fletcher A. Lawrence Winthrop N. Appleton Winthrop S. Eliot W. Appleton Scudder T. D. Eliot Hall T. D. Eliot Buffington Crapo R. Davis Randall Wright G. Lawrence Treadway Heselton Conte Olver Neal 2nd district Goodhue Foster W. Lyman Sedgwick Ward Sr. W. Lyman Shepard J. Crowninshield Story Pickman W. Reed Pickering Silsbee Barstow B. Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D. King Rantoul Fay Crocker Buffington O. Ames Harris Long E. Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor Granfield Clason Furcolo Boland Neal McGovern 3rd district Gerry Bourne Coffin S. Lyman Mattoon Cutler Nelson Livermore White Pickering Nelson Varnum Nelson Osgood Cushing A. Abbott Duncan Edmands Damrell C. Adams Thomas A. Rice Twichell Whiting I Pierce Field B. Dean Field Ranney L. Morse J. Andrew Walker J. R. Thayer R. Hoar C. Washburn J. A. Thayer Wilder Paige F. Foss Casey Philbin Drinan Donohue Early Blute McGovern N. Tsongas Trahan 4th district Sedgwick Dearborn G. Thatcher Wadsworth Foster L. Lincoln Sr. Hastings Varnum W. Richardson Dana Stearns Fuller E. Everett Sa. Hoar Parmenter Thompson Palfrey Thompson Sabine Walley Comins A. Rice Hooper Frost J. Abbott L. Morse Collins O'Neil Apsley Weymouth Tirrell Mitchell Wilder Winslow Stobbs P. Holmes Donohue Drinan Frank Kennedy III Auchincloss 5th district Partridge Bourne Freeman L. Williams T. Dwight Ely Mills Lathrop Sibley J. Davis L. Lincoln Jr. Hudson C. Allen W. Appleton Burlingame W. Appleton Hooper Alley Butler Gooch Banks Bowman L. Morse Hayden Banks Sh. Hoar Stevens Knox B. Ames J. Rogers E. Rogers B. Morse Cronin P. Tsongas Shannon Atkins Meehan N. Tsongas Markey Clark 6th district G. Thatcher Leonard J. Reed Sr. J. Smith Taggart S. Allen Locke Kendall Grennell Alvord Baker Ashmun G. Davis Upham T. Davis Alley Gooch Banks Butler Thompson Loring Stone Lovering Lodge Cogswell Moody Gardner Lufkin A.P. Andrew G. Bates W. Bates Harrington Mavroules Torkildsen Tierney Moulton 7th district Leonard Ward Sr. Leonard Bullock Bishop Mitchell Barker Baylies Turner Baylies Hulbert Shaw H. Dwight S. Allen Grennell Briggs J. Rockwell Goodrich Banks Gooch Boutwell Brooks Esty E. Hoar Tarbox Butler W. Russell Stone Cogswell W. Everett Barrett Roberts Phelan Maloney W. Connery L. Connery Lane Macdonald Markey Capuano Pressley 8th district Grout G. Thatcher F. Ames Otis Eustis L. Williams Green Gardner Green J. Reed Jr. Baylies Sampson Hobart Lathrop Bates Calhoun J. Adams Mann Wentworth Knapp Train Baldwin G. Hoar J. M. S. Williams Warren Claflin Candler W Russell C. H. Allen Greenhalge Stevens McCall Deitrick Dallinger H. Thayer Dallinger Healey Goodwin Macdonald O'Neill Kennedy II Capuano Lynch 9th district Varnum Bishop J. Dean Wheaton J. Reed Jr. Folger J. Reed Jr. H. Dwight Briggs Jackson Hastings H. Williams Hale Fowler Little De Witt E. Thayer Bailey A. Walker W. Washburn Crocker G. Hoar W. Rice T. Lyman Ely Burnett Candler G. Williams O'Neil Fitzgerald Conry Keliher Murray Roberts Fuller Underhill Luce R. Russell Luce T. H. Eliot Gifford Nicholson Keith McCormack Hicks Moakley Lynch Keating 10th district Goodhue Sewall Read Hastings Upham J. Allen Brigham Wheaton Morton F Baylies Bailey H. A. S. Dearborn W. Baylies Borden H. Williams Borden Burnell Grinnell Scudder Dickinson Chaffee Delano Dawes Crocker Stevens Seelye Norcross W. Rice J. E. Russell J. Walker McEttrick Atwood Barrows Naphen McNary O'Connell Curley Murray Tague Fitzgerald Tague Douglass Tinkham Herter Curtis Martin Heckler Studds Delahunt Keating 11th district Bradbury Bartlett Cutler Stedman A. Bigelow Brigham B. Adams J. Russell Hobart J. Richardson J. Adams J. Reed Jr. Burnell Goodrich Trafton Dawes Chapin Robinson Whiting II Wallace Coolidge Draper Sprague Powers Sullivan Peters Tinkham Douglass Higgins Flaherty Curley Kennedy O'Neill Burke Donnelly 12th district H. Dearborn I. Parker Lee S. Thatcher Skinner Larned Bidwell Bacon Dewey Hulbert Strong Kendall L. Bigelow Baylies Hodges J. Adams Robinson F. Rockwell Crosby E. Morse Lovering Powers Weeks Curley Gallivan McCormack Keith Studds 13th district Wadsworth Seaver Ruggles Dowse Eustis J. Reed Jr. Randall Simpkins Greene Weeks Mitchell Carter Luce Wigglesworth Burke 14th district G. Thatcher Cutts C. King J. Holmes Lovering E. Foss Harris Gilmore Olney Frothingham Wigglesworth Martin 15th district Wadsworth Ilsley Whitman Widgery Bradbury Whitman Greene Leach Martin Gifford 16th district S. Thatcher Cook Tallman S. Davis Brown Orr Hill Thacher Walsh Gifford 17th district Bruce Chandler Gannett F. Carr Wood J. Carr Wilson Kinsley 18th district Wilson T. Rice J. Parker 19th district J. Parker Conner Gage Cushman 20th district Hubbard Parris E. Lincoln At-large Cobb

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