Crissinger early entered into politics and was elected prosecuting attorney on the Democratic ticket in 1888 and was reelected in 1891; in 1893 he was elected city solicitor, and in 1895 was reelected and again in 1897.
Crissinger was a native of Pennsylvania, and the mother, of Ohio.
Crissinger was born in Germany, December 22, 1836, and accompanied her parents to America in 1846 and was reared in Tully township, Marion County.
While DanielRichardCrissinger was building up a big practice, including the counselorship of the Marion Steam Shovel Co.,* and becoming president of the National City Bank and Trust Co. of Marion, Warren Harding was moving right on up in politics.
DanielRichardCrissinger had always been a Democrat, but now that a Republican "Stunner" was playing the biggest game of all, the least a "Chain Ganger" could do was change his politics for the time being.
Crissinger explained that his wife's poor health and his own opportunity to increase his income as an executive of a District of Columbia investment banking house (the F. Smith Co.**) made his act personally imperative.
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