William McCreery (1750March 8, 1814) was a

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from Maryland. Born in the

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in the

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, McCreery received a limited education and immigrated to the United States in his youth, where he located in Maryland. He engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was elected as a

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to the Eighth and to the two succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809). In Congress, McCreery served as chair of the Committee on Commerce. After his tenure in Congress, he resumed agricultural pursuits, and also served as a member of the Maryland Senate from September 1811 until his death at his country home, "Clover Hill", near

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McCreery, William 1750 births 1814 deaths Maryland state senators Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923) Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland