Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Crumpacker, Hon. Maurice December 19, 1886 - July 24, 1927
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 204-205
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     The name of Crumpacker has figured prominently in connection with 
congressional records through many years. It was through his service as a 
member of congress that Maurice Crumpacker became widely known in the national 
capital, where his father had previously served. The family name has long 
figured on the pages of Indiana's history and it was in Valparaiso, that 
state, that Maurice Crumpacker was born December 19, 1886, his father being 
Edgar Dean Crumpacker, a very prominent and distinguished citizen of that 
state, who for several years represented his district in congress.

     In his youthful days Maurice Crumpacker attended the public schools and 
afterward was graduated from the Culver Military Academy of Maxinkuckee, 
Indiana. He afterward entered the University of Michigan, in which he 
completed a course of study, and next matriculated in the Harvard Law School, 
which he attended until 1912. On leaving that classic institution he came to 
Oregon and was admitted to the bar of this state in the same year. He at once 
entered upon the active practice of law and his ability in this connection 
brought him prominently to the front.

     In 1913 Mr. Crumpacker was united in marriage to Miss Cully Ann Cook, a
daughter of J. W. Cook, mentioned elsewhere in this work. During the World war 
period Mr. Crumpacker enlisted for service in the Third Oregon Division, 
organized the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen and made a wonderful war 
record. Following his return home he took the keenest interest in the welfare 
of his army comrades and was one of the authors of the Oregon bonus law, 
representing the American Legion in promoting that bill And securing its 
passage by the state legislature.

     In addition to the private practice of law Mr. Crumpacker served as 
deputy district attorney of Multnomah county. He first became a prominent 
figure in national politics in 1922, in which year he was a candidate for 
congress from the Third Oregon district but was defeated by C. N. McArthur. 
The following year, however, he was elected to that office and was serving at 
the time of his demise, having been reelected in 1926. In congress he received 
very unusual recognition because of his capability and oratorical power. He 
fought skillfully and successfully for the port of Portland in the conflict to 
compel the Longview Washington bridge to be constructed so as to meet the 
Columbia navigation problems. It has been said that no man in congress, either 
before or since Mr. Crumpacker's day, has ever been more popular. He numbered 
his friends by the hundreds. At the time of his demise, which occurred in San 
Francisco on the 24th of July, 1927, Nicholas Longworth, now speaker of the 
house, said: "Representative Crumpacker's death is a great loss to his 
district and to congress. I have not known a man in years who in his first 
term gained to a greater degree the affection and respect of his colleagues. 
Only forty years of age, with a splendid war record and a big majority behind 
him, he seemed to have a future which the most ambitious public servant might 
have envied." Others of equal prominence spoke in high terms of this man, 
whose popularity was seldom equaled. He had all those social qualities which 
make for enduring friendships. He was genial, pleasant and agreeable at all 
times and men found the keenest pleasure in his companionship and delighted to 
spend all the time possible in his company.

     Since the death of her husband Mrs. Crumpacker and her three children — 
James Cook, Edgar Dean and Peter — have made their home in Washington, D. C., 
where she occupies an enviable social position.

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