Thomas C. McCreery
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| Thomas Clay McCreery | |
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| United States Senator from Kentucky |
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| In office February 19, 1868 – March 4, 1871 |
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| Preceded by | James Guthrie |
| Succeeded by | John W. Stevenson |
| In office March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1879 |
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| Preceded by | Willis B. Machen |
| Succeeded by | John S. Williams |
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| Born | December 12, 1816 Owensboro, Kentucky |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Owensboro, Kentucky |
| Political party | Democratic |
Thomas Clay McCreery (December 12, 1816 – July 10, 1890) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky.
Born at Yelvington, Kentucky.,[1] McCreery graduated from Centre College, in Danville, Kentucky, in 1837. He studied law, passed the bar, and commenced practice in Frankfort, Kentucky. He then returned to Owensboro and engaged in literary pursuits.
He ran unsuccessfully for election in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress, and again in 1844 to the Twenty-ninth Congress. He served as a presidential elector on the Democratic tickets in 1852, 1856, and 1860. He was finally elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Guthrie, and served from February 19, 1868 to March 3, 1871. However, McCreery faced many accusations by then-Governor John W. Stevenson, of helping hated former Union General Steven G. Burbridge obtain a position as revenue collector,[2][3] and lost to Stevenson in the following election. McCreery was again elected to the United States Senate in 1872 and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1879, when he declined to be a candidate for reelection. He retired from public life and lived on his farm in Daviess County, Kentucky, and moved back to Owensboro, where he died and was interred in Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery.[4]
References
- ↑ Hugh O. Potter's History of Owensboro and Daviess County, Kentucky,pp.182, Herff Jones-Paragon Publishing, Montgomery, Alabama and Louisville, KY, 1974
- ↑ Owen, Tom (2004). "John White Stevenson" in Harrison, Lowell H. Kentucky's Governors (Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 2004) p. 100
- ↑ Tapp, Hambleton; James C. Klotter, Kentucky: Decades of Discord, 1865–1900 (Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 2007), p. 380.
- ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7668414
- Thomas C. McCreery at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Thomas C. McCreery at Find a Grave
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| Preceded by | U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Kentucky 1868–1871 Served alongside: Garrett Davis |
Succeeded by John W. Stevenson |
| Preceded by | U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Kentucky 1873–1879 Served alongside: John W. Stevenson, James B. Beck |
Succeeded by John S. Williams |
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