16 Facts About Robert Crozier

Robert Crozier was an attorney, judge and politician from Kansas.

Robert Crozier attended the public schools and Cadiz Academy, then began to study law with an attorney in Carrollton, Ohio.

Robert Crozier was admitted to the bar in 1848, and began to practice in Carrollton.

Originally active in politics as a Whig, from 1848 to 1850, Robert Crozier served as prosecuting attorney of Carroll County.

Robert Crozier moved to Leavenworth, Kansas, on March 7,1857, where he established the Leavenworth Daily Times newspaper and continued to practice law.

Robert Crozier became a Republican when the party was founded in the mid-1850s, and he served on the Kansas territorial council from 1857 to 1858.

In 1861, and Robert Crozier was appointed United States attorney for the district of Kansas by President Abraham Lincoln.

From 1864 to 1867, Robert Crozier served as Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.

On November 24,1873, Robert Crozier was appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alexander Caldwell.

Robert Crozier was not a candidate for election to the seat, and served until February 12,1874, when a successor was elected.

Robert Crozier served as judge of the first judicial district of Kansas from 1876 to 1892.

Robert Crozier was a member of the board of directors of the Kansas Historical Society from 1886 to 1889.

Robert Crozier was buried at Mount Muncie Cemetery in Lansing, Kansas.

In October 1877, Robert Crozier married Susan Eleanor Hunt of Princeton, New Jersey.

William Robert Crozier was a career officer in the United States Army who attained the rank of brigadier general and served as the Army's Chief of Ordnance from 1901 to 1917.

Margaretta Robert Crozier was the wife of John Edgar Reyburn and mother of William Stuart Reyburn.