Oscar Crozier

Oscar Crozier was a sugar planter and state legislator who served in the Louisiana State Senate during the Reconstruction era from 1874 until 1875.^[1]

Oscar Crozier
Louisiana State Senate
In office 1874–1875
Personal details
Born	c. 1843
Political party	Republican

Biography

Crozier was born circa 1843 and was a sugar planter from Lafourche Parish, Louisiana.^[1]

In 1869 he was appointed as an assessor for the U.S. Internal Revenue for the Lafourche Parish,^[2] and in 1870 he was appointed alderman of Thibodaux, Louisiana by Governor Henry C. Warmoth.^[3]

Crozier was a Republican, spoke at republican meetings and was elected as delegate for multiple conventions.^[4] He was elected as a delegate to the state convention August 6, 1870 along with Albert J. Brooks.^[5] In July 1871 he was elected to be a delegate at the August state convention along with William Murrell,^[6] where he was made vice president and was appointed to the executive committee for the state.^[7] He was elected along with William Murrell to again be a delegate in the following years republican state convention in August 1872.^[8]

Governor Warmoth nominated Crozier as the tax collector for Lafourche Parish in 1872,^[9] a job he was still performing in 1877.^[10] The same year Crozier as president of the Lafourche School Board noted that the parish had 1100 pupils in public schooling.^[11]

In 1874 he was nominated again to be a delegate for the state convention but was also nominated to run for senator for the eighth senatorial district.^[12] He was narrowly elected to serve in the Louisiana State Senate beating the democratic candidate by 4441 to 4395^[13] and he only served until April 1875 when he was removed from that office due to the Wheeler Compromise for the resolution of the 1874 election disputes.^[1]

Crozier remained active in parish politics into the 1890s still attending republic state conventions until at least 1892.^[14]

He died sometime before February 1896 when his mother, Clarisse, died after fatally burning herself after setting her dress on fire whilst using coal oil to light a fire.^[15]

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

References

1. Foner, Eric (1 August 1996). Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. LSU Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-8071-2082-8. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
2. "Oscar Crozier Internal Revenue Assessor". The Thibodaux Sentinel. 26 June 1869. p. 2. Retrieved 9 October 2022. 
3. "Governor Warmoth appointments". New Orleans Republican. 12 June 1870. p. 4. Retrieved 9 October 2022. 
4. "Lafourche Parish - Republican meeting". New Orleans Republican. 18 October 1870. p. 4. Retrieved 9 October 2022. 
5. England., Church of (9 August 1870). "Lafourche Parish - State Convention Delegates". New Orleans Republican. p. 5. 
6. "Lafourche Parish - Warmoth Delegates Elected". New Orleans Republican. 26 July 1871. p. 1. Retrieved 9 October 2022. 
7. "The State Convention". New Orleans Republican. 11 August 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 9 October 2022. 
8. "Republican State Convention". New Orleans Republican. 10 August 1872. p. 1. Retrieved 9 October 2022. 
9. "Warmoth nominates Crozier for tax collector". New Orleans Republican. 13 March 1872. p. 2. Retrieved 9 October 2022. 
10. "Oscar Crozier - tax collector (May 7, 1877)". The Opelousas Courier. 8 October 1887. p. 6. Retrieved 9 October 2022. 
11. "1872-President of Lafourche School Board". Rapides Gazette. 18 May 1872. p. 2. Retrieved 9 October 2022. 
12. "Clipped From New Orleans Republican". New Orleans Republican. 21 July 1874. p. 5. Retrieved 9 October 2022. 
13. "The Election Returns". The Weekly Louisianian. 2 January 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 9 October 2022. 
14. "The Republicans - State Convention". The Times-Picayune. 19 January 1892. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2022. 
15. "Death of Oscar Crozier's mother, Clarisse". The Semi-Weekly Times-Democrat. 21 February 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2022.