William H. Crews (1845–?) was a justice of the peace and state legislator in North Carolina. A Republican, he served in North Carolina House of Representatives from 1874–1877 and in 1893. His son William H. Crews Jr. served in the same seat in 1895 and 1897.Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner page 53
He was a Republican. He signed a letter of protest over the expulsion from the House of J. Williams Thorne.
He introduced a resolution respecting Frederick Douglass after his death. It passed and controversy followed as Democrats claimed George Washington and Robert E. Lee had been slighted.
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