John McCreesh
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John J. McCreesh | |
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Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 4th district | |
In office January 1, 1935 – 1958 | |
Preceded by | Bertram Frazier |
Succeeded by | Thomas McCreesh |
Personal details | |
Born | County Armagh, Ireland | August , 1881
Died | September 10, 1959 West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | (aged 83)
John J. McCreesh (August 1881[1] – September 10, 1959)[2] was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 4th district from 1935 to 1958.[3] He was born in Armagh County, Ireland now a part of Northern Ireland.[4] Upon his retirement in 1958, he was succeeded by his son Thomas McCreesh.[5]
References
- ^ Other sources give 1876 as his year of birth.(Pennsylvania (1957). The Pennsylvania manual - Pennsylvania. Dept. of General Services, Pennsylvania. Bureau of Publications, Pennsylvania. Dept. of Property and Supplies - Google Books. Retrieved 28 September 2012 – via Google Books.) His obituary and 1930 census records, however, suggest that he was born in 1876.
- ^ "JOHN J. M'CREESH, 83, FORMER LEGISLATOR". The New York Times. 10 September 1959. p. 35.
- ^ Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "M"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John J McCreesh Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ "Beaver County Times - Google News Archive Search".
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