Speaker Crisp-GHM 129-5-Sumter Co
Posted by: Sprinterman
N 32° 04.116 W 084° 13.739
16S E 761587 N 3551399
139 Taylor Street, Americus
Waymark Code: WMACFV
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 12/25/2010
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Charles Frederick Crisp (1845-1896), Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, built this house in the 1880`s. A native of England and a veteran of service with the Confederate States Army, he had a distinguished career as judge of the Southwestern Judicial Circuit and as a member of Congress. He was elected to the U.S. Senate a short time before his death, but did not live to take the oath of office. His son, Charles Robert Crisp (1870-1937), received an interim appointment to fill his father`s seat in the House of Representatives and was later elected in his own right.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 129-5
Date: 1960
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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