George Deardorff McCreary (September 28, 1846 – July 26, 1915) was a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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George D. McCreary was born at York Springs, Pennsylvania

York Springs, Pennsylvania

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. He moved with his parents to Philadelphia in 1864. He entered the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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 at Philadelphia in 1864 and remained until 1867, when he left to take a position with a coal

Coal

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 company of which his father was president. He began an independent business career in 1870. He was elected treasurer of the city and county of Philadelphia in November 1891, and served until 1895.

McCreary was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth

58th United States Congress

- House of Representatives :* Republican : 209 * Democratic : 176* Silver Republican : 1TOTAL members: 386-Senate:* President: Vacant* President pro tempore: William P. Frye -Members:...

 and to the four succeeding Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics

United States House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics

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 during the Sixty-first

61st United States Congress

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Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1912. He was engaged in banking, and died in Philadelphia. Interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

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