death_date work_institution birth_place field birth_date article_title name alma_mater
1915 united -lrb- somerset , maryland -rrb- states department of agriculture internal revenue service mayor davenport , iowa chemistry 1858 charles albert crampton
 charles albert crampton university of michigan
charles albert crampton

charles albert crampton , m.d. -lrb- 1858 -- 1915 -rrb- was an american chemist , born at davenport , iowa .
he was educated at purdue -lrb- a.c. -rrb- and the university of michigan -lrb- ph.c . -rrb- .
he served as assistant chemist in the united states department of agriculture , and became chief chemist of the internal revenue bureau in 1893 .
he built the `` crampton house '' in somerset , maryland , and served as the town 's first mayor from 1906-1910 .
his son , carl , was the first child born in somerset , and his family owned the town 's first automobile .
in 1910 he became chief of the division of food and drugs products .
