MILES CROWLEY
Crowley, Miles
(1859-1921), a Representative from Texas; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 22, 1859; attended the
common schools; employed as a longshoreman; moved to Galveston in the seventies; assistant chief of the Galveston
Fire Department; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice; member of the State house of
representatives in 1892; served in the State senate in 1893 and 1894; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth
Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); was not a candidate for reelection in 1896; resumed the practice of law in
Galveston, Tex.; prosecuting attorney of Galveston County 1904-1912; elected judge of Galveston County Court in
1920, in which capacity he was serving at the time of his death in Galveston, Galveston County, Tex., on September
22, 1921; interment in Calvary Cemetery.
Spouse: Ellen V [Crowley] b. abt 1877 Pennsylvania
Marriage: abt 1895
Sources:
U.S. Federal Census The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell |