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CHARLES FREDERICK CRISP(1845 - 1896)37th SPEAKER OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OFREPRESENTATIVES 1891-1893US DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONGRESSMAN FROM GEORGIA 1883-1896CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE POW LIEUTENANT IN “K” Co., 10th VIRGINIAINFANTRY 1861-1864&GEORGIA JURIST and JUDGE.As a former Speaker ofthe House, his portrait had been on display in the US Capitol. The portrait wasremoved from public display in the Speaker's Lobby outside the House Chamberafter an order issued by the Speaker of th...e House, Nancy Pelosi on June 18, 2020, due to Crisp's enlistment in the Confederate States of America Army!<<>> HERE'S AN AUTOGRAPHLETTER SIGNED BY CRISP ON “SPEAKER’SROOM, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, D. C.” LETTERHEAD, 1p., DATED JULY23, 1894 TO NEW YORK DEMOCRATICPOLITICIAN, WILLIAM F. SHEHAN, REGARDING A POLITICAL MATTER…The document comes with its original transmittal envelopecover with “Speaker’s Room” corner card, 2Cent US Postage stamp and WashingtonD. C. CDS Postmark dated “JUL 23, 1894 10-PM”The ALS measures 5” x 8”and is in VERY FINE CONDITION.A FINE ADDITION TO YOURAMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION!!BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OFTHE HONORABLECHARLES F. CRISPThe removal of Crisp's portrait from theUS Capitol in June 2020.Charles Frederick Crisp (January 29, 1845 –October 23, 1896) was a United Statespolitical figure.A Democrat, he was elected as a Congressman from Georgiain 1882, and served until his death in 1896. From 1890 until his death, he wasleader of the Democratic Party in the House, as either the House MinorityLeader or the Speaker of the House. He was also thefather of Charles R. Crispwho also served in Congress.BiographyCrisp was born in Sheffield, Englandon January 29, 1845. Later in that year, his parents immigrated to the United States and settled in Georgiawhere he attended the common schools of Savannah and Macon, Georgia. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, he was temporarily residing in Luray, Virginia, with his parents, whowere in the middle of a Shakespearean play tour. He enlisted in a local unit, the "Page Volunteers" of Company K, 10th VirginiaInfantry, and was commissioned lieutenant. He served with thatregiment until May 12, 1864, when he became a prisoner of war at the Battle of SpotsylvaniaCourt House. He was held as one of the Immortal SixHundred at Fort Pulaski, Georgia, and later transferred to Fort Delaware. After his releasein June 1865, he joined his parents at Ellaville, Georgia.Crisp studied law at Americus, Georgia. He was admitted to thebar in 1866 and commenced practice in Ellaville. He was appointed solicitorgeneral of the southwestern judicial circuit in 1872 and reappointed in 1873for a term of four years. Later, he was appointed judge of the superior courtof the same circuit in June 1877. Crisp was elected by the general assembly tothe same office in 1878 and reelected judge for a term of four years in 1880when resigned that office in September 1882 to accept the Democratic nominationfor the United StatesCongress. He married Clara Bell Burton, born in Ellaville, a littletown in the southwest of Georgia, of wealthy and religious parentage. Herfather, Robert Burton, was a planter before the war, owning many slaves. Bothhe and her mother cherished high ambitions for the future of their twodaughters, and they were greatly chagrined when Charles Crisp, then a poorembryo lawyer, and who was of a theatrical family, which was abhorrent to theirreligious ideas, desired to marry their youngest daughter, Clara Bell, andtheir grief knew no bounds when they discovered that her affections had beenwon. Mrs. Burton, especially, was overwhelmed with sorrow, for she felt thather beautiful daughter ought to make a more ambitious marriage. Crisp didnothing underhanded. He wrote a manly letter to Mr. Burton, and in after years, when Mr. Crisp had reached distinction, Mr. Burton declared that his son-in-lawhad never written anything better than this letter. But although every linebreathed eloquence it was all to no purpose, Mr. and Mrs. Burton would notyield. Crisp then requested a friend to go to Mr. Burton and ask that theymight be married at her home. But this her parents refused, and finally, theydecided to be married elsewhere. Clara Bell's sister, Ella, assisted her inproviding a pretty trousseau, and one bright Sunday morning, when she wasvisiting her brother, who resided in the suburbs of Ellaville, Crisp drove outin his buggy and took her to his boarding place, where, in the presence of afew friends who had assembled in the little parlor, they were married. Just asthe minister pronounced them man and wife a bright sunbeam came in and floodedthe room. This was prophetic of their future life, which was most happy. TheSunday following Crisp and his wife united with the Methodist Church ofEllaville. Clara Bell said, "I felt I wanted to commence right, and Ithought the best thing we could do, as a young married couple, was to get intothe fold of a good institution like the Methodist Church." Soon ClaraBell's parents were reconciled and loved Crisp as a son, and he became themainstay of their old age. They lived fifty-one years in the same place wherethey first kept house. Clara Bell, on her death-bed, said: "My life wouldhave been marred. As old as I am I cannot think what my life would have beenwithout him. The moon and stars revolve around him to me. My father and mothercame to love him very much. He has been the dearest, sweetest husband to me, and I have loved him better than anything else on earth." Crisp served as president of the Democratic gubernatorialconvention at Atlanta, Georgia, in April 1883. he was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and to the sixsucceeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1883, until his death. InCongress, he served as chairman of the Committee on Elections in the FiftiethCongress, Committee on Rules in the Fifty-second and Fifty-thirdCongresses, and Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Fifty-second andFifty-third Congresses. He had been nominated for United StatesSenator in the Georgia primary of 1896, but he died in Atlanta onOctober 23, 1896, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in his hometown ofAmericus. Georgia's Crisp Countyis named in his honor. LegacyAs a former Speaker of the House, his portrait had been ondisplay in the US Capitol. The portrait was removed from public display in theSpeaker's Lobby outside the House Chamber after an order issued by the Speakerof the House, Nancy Pelosion June 18, 2020, due to Crisp's enlistment in the Confederate StatesArmy.<<>> CIVILWAR SERVICE OF CONFEDERATE LT.CHARLESFREDERICK CRISP Enlisted on 6/2/1861 at Luray, VA as a Corporal. On 6/2/1861 he mustered into "K" Co. VA 10th Infantry He was listed as: * AWOL 7/1/1862 (place not stated) * Returned 8/3/1862 (place not stated) * Absent, sick 7/11/1863 (place not stated) * Returned 12/31/1863 (place not stated) * POW 5/10/1864 Spotsylvania Court House, VA * Confined 5/17/1864 Fort Delaware, DE * Confined 10/20/1864 Fort Pulaski, GA * Confined 12/26/1864 Hilton Head, SC * Confined 5/12/1865 Fort Delaware, DE * Oath Allegiance 6/16/1865 (place not stated) Promotions: * Priv 4/22/1862 (Reduced to ranks not reelected) * 3rd Lieut 6/9/1863 He was described at enlistment as: 5' 10, " dark complexion, grey eyes, dark hair I am a proud member ofthe Universal Autograph Collectors Club (UACC), The Ephemera Society ofAmerica, the Manuscript Society and the American Political Items Collectors(APIC) (member name: John Lissandrello). I subscribe to each organizations'code of ethics and authenticity is guaranteed. ~Providing quality service andhistorical memorabilia online for over twenty years.~
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