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Edward Cross (November 11, 1798 – April 6, 1887) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Arkansas. ==Biography== Cross was born in Hawkins County, Tennessee, and he attended public schools during his youth. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. ==Career== In 1826 Cross moved to Arkansas and was appointed as a federal judge for the Territory of Arkansas on May 26, 1830. From April 30, 1836 to September 1, 1838 he served as United States surveyor general for Arkansas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000930 )〕 Cross was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, and Twenty-eighth United States Congresses between March 4, 1839 and March 3, 1845.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/edward_cross/403042 )〕 During the Twenty-eighth Congress he served as chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims. Cross served as a justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from July 1845 to 1855. Cross served as president of the Cairo & Fulton Railway (later the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway from 1855 to 1862. In 1874 he was appointed attorney general of Arkansas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Cross (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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