predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place jr/sr party term_end birth_date term_start image article_title state name
lester c. hunt joseph c. o'mahoney 20 october 1960 rock springs , wyoming rock springs , wyoming united states senator republican november 28 , 1954 8 april 1899 june 24 , 1954 edward david crippa.jpg edward d. crippa
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edward d. crippa

edward david crippa -lrb- april 8 , 1899october 20 , 1960 -rrb- was an american politician who served as a u.s. senator from wyoming .
crippa was born in rock springs , sweetwater county , wyoming .
he was educated in the public schools of rock springs , and during world war i crippa served as a private in the united states army .
he served on the rock springs city council from 1926 to 1928 .
he was president of union mercantile company in 1930 ; owner and manager of crippa motor company in rock springs ; president of north side state bank and director of rock springs fuel company in 1940 ; and wyoming state highway commissioner from 1941 to 1947 .
in addition , crippa represented wyoming on the republican national committee .
crippa was appointed on june 24 , 1954 , as a republican to the united states senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of lester c. hunt and served until november 28 , 1954 .
he was not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy and resumed business activities .
crippa died in rock springs in 1960 and was interred in st. joseph 's cemetery .
