Francis Burton Craige

Francis Burton Craige


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 7th district
In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861
Preceded by	William S. Ashe
Succeeded by	Alexander H. Jones
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
In office 1832–1834
Personal details
Born	(1811-03-13)March 13, 1811 Salisbury, North Carolina, US
Died	December 30, 1875(1875-12-30) (aged 64) Concord, North Carolina, US
Profession	Politician, Lawyer

Francis Burton Craige (March 13, 1811 – December 30, 1875) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Salisbury, North Carolina, March 13, 1811; attended a private school in Salisbury, and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1829; editor and proprietor of the Western Carolinian 1829–1831; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Salisbury; one of the last borough representatives in the State house of representatives 1832–1834; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861); chairman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Thirty-third Congress); delegate to the State secession convention in 1861 and introduced the Ordinance of Secession in the form in which it was adopted; delegate to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States which met in Richmond, Virginia, in July 1861; died in Concord, North Carolina, while attending the courts of that county, December 30, 1875; interment in Old English Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina.

References

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by William S. Ashe	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 7th congressional district March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861	Succeeded by Alexander H. Jones⁽¹⁾
Confederate States House of Representatives
Preceded by (none)	Representative to the Provisional Confederate Congress from North Carolina 1861	Succeeded by (none)
Notes and references
1. Because of North Carolina's secession, the House seat was vacant for six years before Jones succeeded Craige.

Chairmen of the United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Public Buildings and Grounds (1837–1947)	Towns Petrikin Boardman Pratt Ficklin Faran Houston Bowdon Stanton Craige Ball Keitt Train Rice Covode Hopkins Beatty Halsey Platt Holman Cook Shallenberger Stockslager Dibble Milliken Bankhead Milliken Mercer Gillet Bartholdt Sheppard Clark Langley Elliott Lanham

Rivers and Harbors (1883–1947)	Willis Blanchard Henderson Blanchard Catchings Hooker Cooper Burton Alexander Sparkman Small Kennedy Dempsey Mansfield

Roads (1913–1947)	Shackleford Dunn Dowell Almon Cartwright Robinson

Flood Control (1916–1947)	Humphreys Rodenberg Schall Reid Wilson Whittington

Transportation and Infrastructure* (1947–)	Dondero Whittington Buckley Dondero Buckley Fallon Blatnik Jones Johnson Howard Anderson Roe Mineta E. Shuster Young Oberstar Mica W. Shuster

Notes	^Alternately named Public Works* and Public Works and Transportation.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 76098537 LCCN: no2007083579 US Congress: C000862

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