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Thurman C. Crook
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 3rd district
In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951
Preceded by	Robert A. Grant
Succeeded by	Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr.
Member of the Indiana House of Representatives
In office 1939-1943
Member of the Indiana Senate
In office 1943-47
Personal details
Born	Thurman Charles Crook (1891-07-18)July 18, 1891 Peru, Indiana, U.S.
Died	October 23, 1981(1981-10-23) (aged 90) Rochester, Indiana, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	Indiana State University Purdue University Valparaiso University

Thurman Charles Crook (July 18, 1891 – October 23, 1981) was an American politician who served one term as a United States representative from Indiana from 1949 to 1951.

Biography

Thurman Crook was born at a farm near Peru, Indiana and attended the Cass County schools, Logansport High School, Indiana State University, Purdue University, Indiana University, before graduating from Valparaiso University in 1930. He learned the carpentry and cement trades, and later taught departmental work and coached athletics in Indiana high schools from 1913 to 1948.

Crook wrote a book in 1928 entitled Mechanical Drawing, a Textbook for Beginners, which was published by the McGraw-Hill book company.

Later, he became a fruit grower near Logansport, Indiana from 1924 to 1947.

Political career

Crook was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1939 to 1943, and then served in the Indiana Senate from 1943 to 1947.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress. Crook was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first Congress (January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951) but he was a unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress and for election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress.

Later career and death

After leaving Congress, Crook worked as a farmer, horticulturist, and sheep raiser. He was a resident of Macy, Indiana until his death in Rochester, Indiana in 1981 at age 90.

References

1. "Cron to Crosbie". Political Graveyard. Retrieved July 8, 2014.

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1st district	Prince Call Boon Blake Boon Proffit R. Owen Embree Albertson Lockhart Miller Lockhart Niblack Law Niblack Fuller Heilman Kleiner Hovey Posey Parrett Taylor Hemenway Foster Boehne Sr. Lieb Denton Luhring W. Wilson Rowbottom Boehne Jr. Schulte Madden Benjamin Hall Visclosky Mrvan
2nd district	Jennings J. Carr Ewing J. W. Davis Ewing J. W. Davis Thompson Henley Dunham English Cravens Kerr Wolfe J. Williams Humphreys Cobb O'Neall Bretz Hardy Miers Chaney Cullop Bland Greenwood Durgan Halleck Landgrebe Fithian Sharp McIntosh M. Pence Chocola Donnelly Walorski Yakym
3rd district	Test O. Smith Test Carty J. Carr Graham J. Carr J. L. White T. Smith J. L. Robinson Dunham G. G. Dunn Hughes W. Dunn Harrington R. Hill Hunter Holman Kerr N. Carr Bicknell Stockslager Howard J. Brown Tracewell Zenor Cox Dunbar Gardner Dunbar Crowe Pettengill Grant Crook S. Crumpacker Nimtz Brademas Hiler Roemer Souder Stutzman Banks Stutzman
4th district	A. Lane G. H. Dunn T. Smith Cravens C. Smith Julian Parker J. Lane Cumback Foley Holman Farquhar Holman Julian Je. Wilson New Sexton New Holman Watson Holman Griffith Dixon Benham Canfield Farley Gillie Kruse Adair Roush Quayle Coats Long Souder Buyer Rokita Baird
5th district	McCarty Rariden Kennedy W. Brown Wick W. Brown Hendricks Parker Holloway Kilgore Julian Coburn Holman Browne Matson Cooper Overstreet Faris Holliday Moss Sanders N. Johnson Gillen Griswold Harness Walsh Beamer Roush Roudebush Hillis Jontz Buyer Burton Brooks Spartz
6th district	Kinnard Herod Wick Wallace J. W. Davis G. G. Dunn Gorman Hendricks Barbour Gregg Porter Dumont Coburn Voorhees Hunter M. Robinson W. Myers Browne H. Johnson Watson Barnard Gray Comstock Elliott Larrabee Jenckes N. Johnson Harden Wampler Roudebush Bray D. Evans Burton M. Pence Messer G. Pence Shreve
7th district	Hannegan A. White Howard H. S. Lane Wright McGaughey Thompson McGaughey J. G. Davis Scott J. G. Davis Voorhees Washburn Orth Manson Cason Landers Hanna Matyr Peelle English Bynum Henry Overstreet Korbly Moores Updike Ludlow Greenwood Landis Noland Bray J. Myers Pease Kerns J. Carson A. Carson
8th district	Pettit McDonald Mace Ja. Wilson A. White Orth Tyner Hunter Hostetler Peirce Lamb Johnston Brookshire Faris Henry Cromer Adair Vestal Boehne Jr. La Follette E. Mitchell Denton Merrill Denton Zion Hayes Cornwell Deckard McCloskey Hostettler Ellsworth Bucshon Messmer
9th district	Sample Cathcart Fitch Eddy Shanks Cason M. White Orth Doxey Ward Cheadle Waugh Hanly Landis Morrison Purnell Crowe E. Wilson Hogan E. Wilson L. Hamilton B. Hill Sodrel B. Hill Young Hollingsworth Houchin
10th district	Kennedy Rockhill Harlan Brenton Chamberlain Case W. Mitchell Edgerton Defrees W. Williams Sayler Haymond Calkins Motte T. Wood W. Owen Patton Hammond Hatch E. Crumpacker Peterson W. Wood Gray Springer Harvey Harmon Harvey Roudebush Dennis Sharp Jacobs Jr. J. Carson
11th district	Harlan Pettit Shanks McDowell Stilwell Shanks Packard J. Evans Cowgill Steele Martin Steele Landis Rauch Kraus Cook Hall Griswold Larrabee Ludlow Jacobs Sr. Brownson Barr Bruce Jacobs Jr. Hudnut Jacobs Jr.
12th district	A. Hamilton Colerick Lowry J. B. White McClellan McNagny Leighty J. M. Robinson Gilbert Gilhams Cline Fairfield Hogg Ludlow
13th district	Baker Calkins Shively Ford Shively Conn Royse Brick Barnhart Hickey Pettengill
At-large	Hendricks Jennings Packard / Orth / W. Williams
Territory	Parke Thomas Jennings

Bibliography

• United States Congress. "Thurman C. Crook (id: C000926)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

• 1891 births
• 1981 deaths
• Farmers from Indiana
• American textbook writers
• American male non-fiction writers
• American horticulturists
• Democratic Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives
• People from Peru, Indiana
• Indiana State University alumni
• Valparaiso University alumni
• Democratic Party Indiana state senators
• Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
• People from Cass County, Indiana
• People from Miami County, Indiana
• 20th-century American male writers
• Educators from Indiana
• 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
• 20th-century members of the Indiana General Assembly