Crossfield, Amasa Scott
House 1889-90 (District 42)
Party when first elected: Republican
Counties Served:
Big Stone, Grant, Stevens, Traverse
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
7/15/1855 (uncertain)
Birth Place:
Birth County:
Birth Country:
Canada
Date of Death:
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Browns Valley
Occupation (when first elected):
Practicing Law
EDUCATION
District Schools; Elementary School; Winters
St. Johnsbury Academy, Vermont; Secondary; Graduate, 1873-1876
Georgetown University, Law School, Washington D.C.; Master of Laws; June 1884; Admitted to the Bar, Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, June 1884
Studied Law; With Joyce and Lawrence, Ruthland, Vermont, 1881
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
U.S. Executive Branch:
United States Indian Service, Sisseton Agency, Dakota Territory;
188? to 12/1882
U.S. Executive Branch:
United States Interior Department, Washington D.C. (Clerkship);
12/1882 to 188?
[Appointed]
School Board/Administration:
Sisseton Agency, Dakota Territory (Superintendent of Schools, 1 year);
07/01/1884 to 1885
[Appointed]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Married
Children:
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
Toensing lists his birth year as 1857. The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1889 lists 1855.
His parents were citizens of the United States.
He was raised on a farm.
He came to Minnesota in July 1885 and settled in Browns Valley.
Elected:
11/6/1888
Residence:
Browns Valley
Term of Office:
1/7/1889 to 1/4/1891
Oath Date:
1/8/1889
Counties Represented:
Big Stone, Grant, Stevens, Traverse
Occupation:
Practicing Law
Party:
Republican
Committees:
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Joint Taxes
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Judiciary
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Public Lands (Chair)
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Railroads
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Rules
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