Please answer the following question: Facts: - party: democratic - commands: flag cavalry of georgia non official.svg 3rd regiment , georgia - otherparty: csa - succeeded: nelson tift - birth date: march 17 , 1820 - branch: csa - birthname: martin jenkins crawford - alt: photographic upper body facing forward portrait of martin j. crawford with head and - caption: martin j. crawford c. 1875 - death date: july 23 , 1883 march 17 , 1820 - district: 2nd - term end: january 23 , 1861 - serviceyears: 1862 -- 65 - unit: army of tennessee - name: martin j. crawford - death place: columbus , georgia - birth place: jasper county , georgia - signature: martin j. crawford signature.png - restingplace: linwood cemetery - state: georgia - citizenship: u.s. - imagesize: 240px - preceded: alfred h. colquitt - battles: battle of murfreesboro - allegiance: confederate states of america - term start: march 4 , 1855 - image: martin j. crawford.jpg - rank: 35px colonel Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of martin jenkins crawford .
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martin jenkins crawford -lrb- march 17 , 1820 -- july 23 , 1883 -rrb- was an antebellum u.s. representative and a representative to the provisional confederate congress during the american civil war from the state of georgia .