Thomas J. Creamer

Thomas J. Creamer, 1874

Thomas James Creamer (born May 26, 1843 in Garadice Lake , Ireland , † August 4, 1914 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives between 1873 and 1875 and between 1901 and 1903 .

Career

Thomas James Creamer was born near Garadice Lake during the Victorian Age . The Creamer family then immigrated to the United States and settled in New York City. There he attended public schools. In 1860 he worked as a shipping clerk in a dry goods house . During the Civil War , he studied law , was admitted to the bar, and then began to practice. He was a member of the New York State Assembly between 1865 and 1867 and the New York Senate between 1868 and 1871 . He served as City Tax Commissioner and counsel for the State Commissions for five years to change tax laws. Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the congressional elections of 1872 for the 43rd Congress he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of New York , where he succeeded Smith Ely on March 4, 1873 . Since he on a run again in 1874 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1875 Congress of. He then returned to New York City as a lawyer.

In 1900 he ran for a seat in the 57th Congress in the eighth constituency of New York . After a successful election, he succeeded Daniel J. Riordan on March 4, 1901 . In 1902 he decided not to run again and left the Congress on March 3, 1903.

After his time in Congress, he resumed his practice in New York City. He died there on August 4, 1914 and was then buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn . The First World War had broken out a few days earlier .

Web links

• Thomas J. Creamer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas J. Creamer in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Remarks

1. ↑ The term "dry goods" is also used in English for dry goods such as grain, tea, sugar, etc.