Thomas J. Creamer

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(May 26, 1843 — August 4, 1914) Thomas James Creamer was a shipping clerk, lawyer, and politician. Creamer was born in Garadice Lake, Ireland in 1843 and immigrated to the United States. After settling in New York City, he attended public schools and became a shipping clerk in 1860. Creamer studied law, was admitted to the bar and served in the New York State Assembly from 1865 to 1867, and also in the State Senate from 1868 to 1871. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. After not being up for renomination in 1874, he was again elected to the Fifty-Seventh Congress and served again in the House from March, 1901 to March, 1903. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C000899]

Member of New York Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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