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| office = Member of the<br>[[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br>from [[Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district]]
| office = Member of the<br>[[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br>from [[Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district]]
| term_start = 1903
| term_start = March 4, 1903
| term_end = 1913
| term_end = March 3, 1913
| preceded = [[J. Washington Logue]]
| preceded = [[Thomas S. Butler]]
| succeeded = [[Thomas S. Butler]]
| succeeded = [[J. Washington Logue]]
| birth_name =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1846|09|28}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1846|09|28}}
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'''George Deardorff McCreary''' (September 28, 1846 &ndash; July 26, 1915) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] for [[Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district]] from 1903 to 1913.
'''George Deardorff McCreary''' (September 28, 1846 &ndash; July 26, 1915) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a [[Republican Party (United States)|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.
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==Early life and education==
McCreary was born at [[York Springs, Pennsylvania]]. He moved with his parents to [[Philadelphia]] in 1864. He entered the [[University of Pennsylvania]] at Philadelphia in 1864 and remained until 1867, when he left to take a position with a [[coal]] company of which his father was president. He began an independent business career in 1870.<ref name=bioguide/>


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==Early life, education and business career==
==Career==
McCreary was born on September 28, 1846, at [[York Springs, Pennsylvania]]<ref name=bioguide/> to John B. McCreary and Rachel Deardorff.<ref name=AlumniRegister/> 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.<ref name=MacFarland>{{cite book |last1=MacFarland |first1=Henry B.F. |title=American Biographical Directories - District of Columbia - Concise Biographies of Its Prominent and Representative Contemporary Citizens, and Valuable Statistical Data 1908-1909 |date=1908 |publisher=The Potomac Press |location=Washington, D.C. |page=298 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vjRMAQAAIAAJ |access-date=10 January 2023}}</ref>
[[File:George D. McCreary Tombstone.jpg|thumb|George D. McCreary tombstone in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]]]]

He was elected [[Philadelphia City Treasurer|treasurer]] of the city and county of Philadelphia in November 1891, and served until 1895. McCreary was elected as a Republican to the [[58th United States Congress|Fifty-eighth]] and to the four succeeding Congresses. He served as chairman of the [[United States House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics]] during the [[61st United States Congress|Sixty-first]] Congress and on the Banking and Currency Commission.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Alumni Register |date=October 1915 |location=Philadelphia |pages=97-98 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Alumni_Register_of_the_University_of/zy4PAQAAMAAJ |access-date=10 January 2023}}</ref> He was not a candidate for renomination in 1912. McCreary supported the poor and sponsored a [[tea service]] at the [[Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission]] [[homeless shelter]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The Times from Philadelphia|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/53398077/|accessdate=11 August 2015|publisher=Times|date=17 Sep 1891}}</ref> He was engaged in banking, and died in Philadelphia. He was interred in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]].<ref name=bioguide>{{cite web |title=McCreary, George Deardorff 1846-1915 |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000381 |website=www.bioguide.congress.gov |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=10 January 2023}}</ref>
He worked at the Whitney, McCreary & Kemmerer wholesale [[coal]] merchant company from 1870 to 1879.<ref name=MacFarland/>

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.<ref name=AlumniRegister/>

==Political career==
[[File:George D. McCreary Tombstone.jpg|thumb|right|George D. McCreary tombstone in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]]]] McCreary was elected [[Philadelphia City Treasurer|treasurer]] of the city and county of Philadelphia in November 1891, and served until 1895. He was then elected as a Republican to the [[58th United States Congress|Fifty-eighth]] and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving as chairman of the [[United States House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics]] during the [[61st United States Congress|Sixty-first]] Congress and on the Banking and Currency Commission.<ref name=AlumniRegister>{{cite book |title=The Alumni Register |date=October 1915 |location=Philadelphia |pages=97–98 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zy4PAQAAMAAJ |access-date=10 January 2023}}</ref>

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1912.<ref name=bioguide/>

==Personal life==
On June 18, 1878, McCreary married Kate R. Howell.<ref name=MacFarland/>

McCreary supported several charities including the sponsorship of a [[tea service]] at the [[Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission]] [[homeless shelter]],<ref>{{cite news|title=The Times from Philadelphia|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/53398077/|accessdate=11 August 2015|publisher=Times|date=17 Sep 1891}}</ref> 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.<ref name=AlumniRegister/>

==Death and interment==
McCreary died on July 26, 1915, in Philadelphia and was interred in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]].<ref name=bioguide>{{cite web |title=McCreary, George Deardorff 1846-1915 |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000381 |website=www.bioguide.congress.gov |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=10 January 2023}}</ref>


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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 byThomas S. Butler
Succeeded byJ. Washington Logue
Personal details
Born(1846-09-28)September 28, 1846
York Springs, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJuly 26, 1915(1915-07-26) (aged 68)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

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

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c "McCreary, George Deardorff 1846-1915". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d The Alumni Register. Philadelphia. October 1915. pp. 97–98. Retrieved 10 January 2023.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ a b c 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.
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