U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Crawford, William H. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Aler's History of Martinsburg and Berkeley County, West Virginia by F. Vernon Aler, 1888 Printed for the Author by The Mail Publishing Company, Hagerstown, MD. CHAPTER VIII. Historical Pen Sketches of the Early Residents of Berkeley County by the late Hon. Chas. James Faulkner. Pages 114-115, WM. H. CRAWFORD In his visit to the Berkeley Springs, spent several days in Martinsburg, going and returning in the summer of 1824. He was in the early part of that year, beyond all question, the most formidable candidate for the Presidency. He had withdrawn from the canvass in favor of Mr. Monroe and was considered in some sense his destined successor. He was nominated as such by a Congressional caucus on the 14th of February, 1824 — that being the mode which up to that day had been adopted by the Democratic party to indicate its choice for the Presidency. But the powerful opposition of four Democratic competitors — Calhoun, Jackson, Adams and Clay — followed by a severe attack of paralysis, blasted his prospect of election, he receiving but the solid votes of Virginia and Georgia and portions of the votes of New York, Maryland and Delaware. It was to get relief from this crushing affliction that he visited the Berkeley Springs in the summer of 1824. But the healing waters of those celebrated springs were impotent to give the desired relief. During his passing visits to Martinsburg he received the warmest sympathies of its citizens, who vied with each other in showing him every attention and respect. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Berkeley County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/berkeley/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------