Thomas J. Creamer

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

Career

Thomas James Creamer was born during the Victorian era in Garadice Lake. 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 clerk (shipping clerk ) in a haberdashery (dry -goods house). During the civil war he studied law, was admitted to the bar and began to practice. Between 1865 and 1867 he sat in the New York State Assembly and 1868-1871 in the Senate from New York. He spent five years as City Tax Commissioner and worked as Counsel for the State Commissions to amend the tax laws. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1872 for the 43rd Congress, he was in the seventh election district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Smith Ely on March 4, 1873. Since he gave up for reelection in 1874, he retired after March 3, 1875 from the Congress. Then he was back working as a lawyer in New York City.

In 1900 he ran in the eighth electoral district of New York for a seat in the 57th Congress. After a successful election, he resigned on March 4, 1901 in the footsteps of Daniel J. Riordan. In 1902 he gave up for reelection and retired after March 3, 1903 from the Congress of.

After his conference, he took time again in New York City on his work as a lawyer. He died there on 4 August 1914 and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. A few days before the First World War had broken out.