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Edward Hull Crump Sr. (1838 - 1878) was a political candidate in Mississippi. He lived in Hudsonville, Mississippi. His son became mayor of Memphis Tennessee and a powerful Democrat Party political boss. Crump Sr. died of yellow fever in 1878. He and his wife, Mary “Mollie” Ann Nelms Crump (1843-1940) lived at the historic 1837 Crump Place in Holly Springs. She continued living there after his death.

Crump was involved in contested elections in 1871 and 1873. He was reported to be a den leader of Ku Klux Klan.