Sara Crawford

Sara Buek Crawford (November 2, 1876 – August 9, 1949) was an American politician from Connecticut affiliated with the Republican Party. She served as Secretary of State of Connecticut from 1939 to 1941, and was previously a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1925 to 1927, and again from 1931 to 1937.

Sara Augusta Buek was born in New York City to Charles and Sarah Rafferty Buek.[1] She married John Crawford in 1899,[2] with whom she had three children, Janet, Sara, and Susan. The family lived in Westport, Connecticut.[3][4]

A suffragist, Crawford was an early member of the Westport Equal Franchise League.[5] She was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1925–1927 and 1931–1937, then served as Secretary of State of Connecticut between 1939 and 1941.[6] Crawford was the first in a long series of female secretary of state office holders in Connecticut.[7]

Crawford and her namesake daughter became the first mother–daughter pair to serve in the Connecticut House of Representatives, when the latter won election in 1938, from Norwalk.[6]

Crawford died on August 9, 1949, aged 72, at Norwalk Hospital.[8]

See also

References
  1. "The Connecticut Register and Manual: A State Calendar of Public Officers and Institutions". Brown & Gross. August 23, 1939 – via Google Books.
  2. Register and manual - State of Connecticut. 1940.
  3. "Four Sisters of Alumnae In Class of 1933". Connecticut College Alumnae News. 7 (1). November 1929. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  4. "The Secretary of State" (PDF). Connecticut College Alumnae News. 16 (1). 1938. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  5. "Sara Buek Crawford". Our Neighbors, Our Crusaders, Westport Library.
  6. "Votes for A Woman: Sara Buek Crawford". June 15, 2020.
  7. Bystrom, Dianne G.; Burrell, Barbara (December 31, 2018). Women in the American Political System: An Encyclopedia of Women as Voters, Candidates, and Office Holders [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781610699747 – via Google Books.
  8. "Mrs. Sara Buek Crawford". Westport Town Crier. August 11, 1949. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
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