Jonathan W. Crumpacker

Jonathan William Crumpacker (September 6, 1854 – March 16, 1904) was an Indiana lawyer and politician who served as a justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court from 1898 to 1902.

Early life, education, and career Born in New Durham Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, Crumpacker graduated from the civil engineering department of the University of Michigan, also attending classes in the law department. He thereafter read law with Judge Talcott of Valparaiso while also teaching school. President William McKinley appointed Crumpacker associate Justice of the territorial court of New Mexico,

In December 1901, it was reported that Crumpacker had "handed his resignation to the president and withdrawn from the race to succeed himself". He thereafter returned with his family to La Porte, Indiana.

Personal life and death

Crumpacker was a cousin of Congressman Edgar D. Crumpacker. and at one point in December of that year it was reported that Crumpacker was dying, and that it was "feared he will not live through night". though he lived for over a year after that. Crumpacker died of typhoid fever in La Porte, Indiana, at the age of 50.