William McCreery (Pennsylvania)

William McCreery ( born May 17, 1786 in Omagh, Ireland, † September 27, 1841 in Fairfield, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1829 and 1831 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1791, William McCreery came with his parents from his Irish home in the Westmoreland County in Pennsylvania. In his new home he attended a private school. In 1812 he moved to Paris in Washington County, where he worked in agriculture. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party, founded in 1828 by this. Between 1824 and 1827 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was also active in road and sewer construction and was 1826-1831 involved in the construction of the Pennsylvania State Canal as well as a state highway.

In the congressional elections of 1828 McCreery was in the 15th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Joseph Lawrence on March 4, 1829. Since he has not been confirmed in 1830, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1831. Since the inauguration of President Jackson in 1829, was discussed inside and outside of Congress vehemently about its policy. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, the conflict with the State of South Carolina, which culminated in the Nullifikationskrise, and banking policy of the President.

Between 1831 and 1833 McCreery worked for the Monetary Authority of Pittsburgh. From 1833 to 1836 he was again a deputy in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. In 1835 he was overseer of the Pennsylvania State Canal. He later became acting chairman of the Pennsylvania Board of Canal Appraisers. This office he held until his death.