George J. Crump

George James Crump (June 13, 1841– December 4, 1928) was an officer in Confederate Army during the American Civil War, a lawyer, a state legislator for one term in the Arkansas House of Representatives and a public official. He also went by the name G. J. Crump.

Early life Crump was born June 13, 1841, in Harlan County, Kentucky to John G. and Eliza Crump. He was involved in several important battles including the Battle of Oak Hills, the Battle of Farmington, the Battle of Iuka and the Battle of Corinth.

At a district convention in October 1870 Grump was nominated, along with three others, for election to the lower house of the legislature. He was duly elected and served in the Arkansas House of Representatives for one session from 1871 until 1873.

When the Brooks–Baxter War started in April 1874 he was made a lieutenant colonel. He served as a U.S. Marshal from 1893 until 1897 in the west district of the state.

51 years after he served in the Arkansas House of Representatives, in March 1922, he was on the ballot for the seat for the third district in the Arkansas Senate. In June 1922 he was standing unopposed but by July Roy Milum had stood against him and attacking him accusing Crump of blackmailing him. Milum went on to defeat Crump by a narrow margin winning the Democratic nomination.

Death Crump died December 4, 1928, at his step-daughters home in Harrison after a long illness aged 87. He was survived by one son and one daughter, his wife Josephine B. Crump, a writer and poet, had died in a few years earlier in 1921. He had been working as a lawyer until a few months prior to his death. He is buried at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Harrison.