George D. McCreary

George Deardorff McCreary
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district
In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913
Preceded by	Thomas S. Butler
Succeeded by	J. Washington Logue
Personal details
Born	(1846-09-28)September 28, 1846 York Springs, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	July 26, 1915(1915-07-26) (aged 68) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting place	Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Republican

George Deardorff McCreary (September 28, 1846 – July 26, 1915) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1903 to 1913.

Prior to his tenure in Congress, he was the city treasurer of Philadelphia from 1891 to 1895. He also worked in the coal and banking industries.

Early life, education and business career

McCreary was born on September 28, 1846, at York Springs, Pennsylvania^[1] to John B. McCreary and Rachel Deardorff.^[2] He moved with his parents to Philadelphia and graduated from the Saunders Military Institute in 1864. He entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1864 but left in 1867 during his junior year to join the Honey Brook Coal Company of which his father was president.^[3]

He worked at the Whitney, McCreary & Kemmerer wholesale coal merchant company from 1870 to 1879.^[3]

After his father's death, he became a director in the Upper Lehigh Coal Company and the Nescopec Coal Company. He also worked in banking, including as vice-president of the Market Street National Bank.^[2]

Political career

George D. McCreary tombstone in Laurel Hill Cemetery

McCreary was elected treasurer of the city and county of Philadelphia in November 1891, and served until 1895. He was then elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving as chairman of the United States House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics during the Sixty-first Congress and on the Banking and Currency Commission.^[2]

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1912.^[1]

Personal life

On June 18, 1878, McCreary married Kate R. Howell.^[3]

McCreary supported several charities including the sponsorship of a tea service at the Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission homeless shelter,^[4] the Red Bank Sanatorium, the Whosoever Will Mission and the Pennsylvania Humane Society. He was also the treasurer of the Philadelphia Sketch Club and vice president of the Franklin Reformatory School.^[2]

Death and interment

McCreary died on July 26, 1915, in Philadelphia and was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery.^[1]

References

1. "McCreary, George Deardorff 1846-1915". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
2. The Alumni Register. Philadelphia. October 1915. pp. 97–98. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
3. MacFarland, Henry B.F. (1908). American Biographical Directories - District of Columbia - Concise Biographies of Its Prominent and Representative Contemporary Citizens, and Valuable Statistical Data 1908-1909. Washington, D.C.: The Potomac Press. p. 298. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
4. "The Times from Philadelphia". Times. 17 Sep 1891. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

External links

• George Deardorff McCreary entry at The Political Graveyard

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Thomas S. Butler	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913	Succeeded by J. Washington Logue