predecessor successor death_date birth_place president death_place imagesize party profession office birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
thomas b. reed philip cook thomas b. reed charles r. crisp 23 october 1896 sheffield , england benjamin harrison grover cleveland atlanta , georgia 200px democratic law speaker of the united states house of representatives 29 january 1845 37th 's 3rd district member of u.s. house of representatives from georgia december 8 , 1891 march 4 , 1883 charlesfrederickcrisp.jpg charles frederick crisp
 march 4 , 1895 october 23 , 1896 charles frederick crisp
charles frederick crisp

charles frederick crisp -lrb- january 29 , 1845 -- october 23 , 1896 -rrb- was a united states political figure .
a democrat , he was elected as a congressman from georgia in 1882 , and served until his death in 1896 .
from 1890 until his death , he was leader of the democratic party in the house , as either the house minority leader or the speaker of the house .
he was also the father of charles r. crisp who also served in congress .
