Political and Civic Career
Crocker served as a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council in 1849. He was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855). Crocker was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress. His seat was won by James Buffington of Fall River.
In his later life, Crocker was a member of the Old Colony Historical Society, and a trustee of the Taunton Lunatic Hospital. He was also president of local Humane Society.
Crocker died in Boston, Massachusetts on February 10, 1883. He was interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Taunton, Massachusetts.
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