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McCREERY, Thomas Clay (1816-1890)

Democrat of Kentucky

0th congressional district

Served in Senate 1867-1871, 1873-1879

Total roll-call votes cast: 2,305

Biography

a Senator from Kentucky; born near Owensboro, Daviess County, Ky., on December 12, 1816; attended the common schools, and graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1837; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky.; returned to Owensboro and engaged in literary pursuits; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress and again in 1844 to the Twenty-ninth Congress; presidential elector on the Democratic tickets in 1852, 1856, and 1860; 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; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; again elected to the United States Senate in 1872 and served from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1879; declined to be a candidate for reelection; retired from public life and lived on his farm in Daviess County; moved to Owensboro, Ky., where he died July 10, 1890; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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