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3 unusual facts about Edwin B. Crocker


Archy Lee

Stovall had Lee arrested, but a prominent civil rights attorney, Edwin B. Crocker defended Lee, and in decision on January 26, 1858, Judge Robert Robinson ruled that Lee was a free man because California was a free state and, though Mississippi was a slave state, Stovall had become permanent resident of California, and thus could not own slaves.

Edwin B. Crocker

He earned a degree in civil engineering at Rensselaer Institute in Troy, New York.

The next year, Crocker agreed to serve as legal counsel for the Central Pacific Railroad, a company run by the Big Four, which included Edwin's younger brother, Charles Crocker.


Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs

Previous Assistant Secretaries since the position's creation, by recency, are Jendayi E. Frazer, Constance Berry Newman, Walter H. Kansteiner, III, Susan E. Rice, George Moose, Herman Jay Cohen, Chester A. Crocker, Richard M. Moose, William E. Schaufele, Jr., Nathaniel Davis, Donald B. Easum, David D. Newsom, Joseph Palmer II, G. Mennen Williams, and Joseph C. Satterthwaite.

Blossoms in the Dust

It won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color (Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary and Edwin B. Willis), and was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Greer Garson), Best Cinematography, Color and Best Picture.

Edwin B. Brooks

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress.

Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge

The Barnegat Division (established in 1967) is located in Ocean County on the inland side of Barnegat Bay.

Edwin B. Hooper

Hooper gained approval for the development of the AIM-9 Sidewinder.

Edwin B. Howard

Upon his retirement from the Army in 1954, Howard became a consultant for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).

George N. Crocker

During World War II, Crocker was an officer in the largest and longest Army court-martial resulting from the Fort Lawton Riot.

Henry Crocker

Henry H. Crocker (1839–1913), Union Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient

Henry J. Crocker (1861–1912), San Franciscan businessman and philatelist

Henry Wells

Edwin B. Morgan of Aurora was the company's first president, and Wells, William Fargo, Johnston Livingston and James McKay were on the boards of both Wells Fargo and American Express.

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

The documentary focuses primarily on Horatio Nelson Jackson and his Winton car, The Vermont; along with his companions Sewall K. Crocker, his pet pit bull Bud and frequent correspondence with Jackson's wife Bertha Richardson Wells (called "Swipes" by Jackson).

Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve

Other agency partners include the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, The Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, the Pinelands Commission, The Tuckerton Seaport and The Cooperative Institute of Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology.

John J. Valentine, Sr.

Upon the resignation of Charles F. Crocker in August 1882, Valentine was elected vice president and a director of Wells Fargo.

Road trip

The first successful North American transcontinental trip by automobile took place in 1903 and was piloted by H. Nelson Jackson and Sewall K. Crocker, accompanied by a dog named Bud.

The Nueva School

The school was originally located in Menlo Park, CA but now is located on the site of the former W. H. Crocker Skyfarm mansion, which was purchased and donated to the school by the late W. Clement Stone.

The Story of Three Loves

The film was nominated an Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edward C. Carfagno, Gabriel Scognamillo, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason, Arthur Krams, Jack D. Moore).

Too Young to Kiss

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore).

William H. Kelsey

His brother was Edwin B. Kelsey, who was a lawyer, businessman, and Wisconsin state legislator.


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