Philip S. Crooke

Philip S. Crooke
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Preceded byRobert Roosevelt
Succeeded byArchibald M. Bliss
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 1st district
In office
1864
Personal details
Born
Philip Schuyler Crooke

(1810-03-02)March 2, 1810
Poughkeepsie, New York
DiedMarch 17, 1881(1881-03-17) (aged 71)
Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York
Political partyRepublican
OccupationLawyer
Military service
Allegiance New York
Branch/serviceNational Guard of the State of New York
RankBrigadier general
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Philip Schuyler Crooke (March 2, 1810 – March 17, 1881) was a United States representative from New York.

Born in Poughkeepsie, he graduated from Dutchess Academy, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1831, and commenced practice in Brooklyn. He moved to Flatbush in 1838 and was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Kings County from 1844 to 1852, and from 1858 to 1870, and chairman of the board in 1861, 1862, 1864 and 1865. He was a presidential elector in 1852, voting for Franklin Pierce and William R. King; and was a Republican Union member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 1st D.) in 1864.