A. C. Crowder
{{Short description|American politician (1868–1936)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi
| termstart = 1909
| termend = 1913
| birth_name = Arthur Campbell Crowder
| birth_date = {{birth date|1868|7|16}}
| birth_place = Fluvanna County, Virginia
| death_place = Birmingham, Alabama
| death_date = {{dda|1936|9|15|1868|7|16}}
| party = Democrat
| spouse = Mattie Saunders (m. 1899)
| children = 1
| preceded = S. J. Taylor
| predecessor = Ramsey Wharton
| succeeded = S. J. Taylor
| image = A C Crowder.JPG
| caption = c. 1906
}}
Arthur Campbell Crowder, Sr. (July 16, 1868 – September 15, 1936) was the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, from 1909 to 1913.
Early life
Arthur Campbell Crowder was born on July 16, 1868, in Fluvanna County, Virginia, to John Meredith and Mary Boardman (Jones) Crowder.{{Cite book|last=Rowland|first=Dunbar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vgVFAQAAMAAJ&q=Arthur+Campbell+Crowder&pg=PA167|title=Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form|date=1907|publisher=Southern Historical Publishing Association|pages=167|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Sons of the American Revolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qZwpAQAAMAAJ&q=Arthur+Campbell+Crowder&pg=PA107|title=The SAR Magazine|date=1924|publisher=National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution|pages=107|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Cruikshank|first=George M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ifAxAQAAMAAJ&q=Arthur+Campbell+Crowder&pg=PA174|title=A History of Birmingham and Its Environs: A Narrative Account of Their Historical Progress, Their People, and Their Principal Interests|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|year=1920|pages=173–175|language=en}} He was one of two sons. While an infant, his family moved to Huntsville, Alabama, where his father worked in the real estate and insurance business and operated a sawmill. His family moved to Birmingham, Alabama, in 1886. Crowder went to private schools. In 1889, he graduated from the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Alabama (now known as Auburn University), where he was affiliated with the fraternity Kappa Alpha Order.{{Cite book|last=Order|first=Kappa Alpha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0opOAAAAYAAJ&q=Arthur+Campbell+Crowder|title=The Kappa Alpha Journal|date=1936|publisher=Kappa Alpha Order.|pages=62|language=en}} After graduating, he entered the insurance business.
Political career
In 1898, Crowder moved to Jackson, Mississippi. He also served in many official positions there, including one term as alderman and two terms as president of the Cotton States Baseball League. He also served two terms as mayor of the city, from 1909 to 1913.Brinson, Carroll. Jackson/A Special Kind of Place. Jackson, MS: City of Jackson, 1977. LCCN 77-081145. He was the final mayor of Jackson in the aldermanic form of government.{{Cite web|title=Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on September 16, 1936 · Page 1|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/202706261/?article=4a19c23e-013e-4324-926c-e07332b764a2|access-date=2021-05-08|website=Newspapers.com| date=16 September 1936 |language=en}} He was a Democrat. He returned to Birmingham in 1916.
Later life
He became the Mississippi manager for the Prudential Life Insurance Company in 1902. After being promoted to manager of the Alabama and Mississippi section of the Prudential Life Insurance Company, he returned to Birmingham in 1916. He was the president of the Alabama Society of the Sons of the American Revolution from 1923 to 1924.{{Cite book|last=Sons of the American Revolution Alabama Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pOgQAQAAMAAJ&q=Arthur+Campbell+Crowder|title=Membership Roster, September, 1956: The Alabama Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: Roster and Roll of Honor, 1903–1956|date=1956|publisher=The Society|language=en}} He died in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1936.
Personal life
In Jackson, Mississippi, he married Mattie Saunders, the daughter of Robert L. and Annie (Robinson) Saunders, on August 14, 1899.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wXFkAAAAMAAJ&q=Arthur+Campbell+Crowder&pg=PA219|title=Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914–1915|date=1914|publisher=American Commonwealth Company|pages=219|language=en}} They had one son, Arthur Campbell Crowder, Junior. He was a member of the Masonic Order.
References
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{{Mayors of Jackson, Mississippi}}
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Category:20th-century mayors of places in Mississippi
Category:Mayors of Jackson, Mississippi
Category:People from Fluvanna County, Virginia
Category:People from Huntsville, Alabama