Nathaniel Neiman Craley Jr. (November 17, 1927 – June 18, 2006) was a

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member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Nathaniel Craley was born in Red Lion, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, in 1946 and from Gettysburg College in 1950. He was engaged in furniture manufacturing from 1950 to 1965. He was treasurer of the York County Planning Commission from 1959 to 1965. He was the director and first vice president of York County Council of Community Services, 1960–1964, and director of York County Council for Human Relations, 1960-1963. He became chairman of the York County Democratic committee from 1962 to 1964. He was an instructor in economics and history at York Junior College from 1958 to 1959. He was elected in

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

as a Democrat to the

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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is ...

. After his term in office, he served in a number of positions in the Pacific Island territories of the

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: *Commissioner for Public Affairs for the

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, 1967–1972 *Special Assistant to the High Commissioner, 1972–1976 *Executive Director of the Plebiscite Commission of the

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, 1975 *Special Assistant to the Resident Commissioner, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, 1976–1978 *Director for Administration, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 1978–1981 *Special Assistant to the High Commissioner, 1981–1985 He died in

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, aged 78, of undisclosed causes.

Sources

Nathaniel Craley at The Political GraveyardNathaniel Craley's Obituary at the ''Saipan Tribune''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Craley, Nathaniel N. Jr. 1927 births 2006 deaths American Lutherans Taft School alumni Gettysburg College alumni People from Red Lion, Pennsylvania Northern Mariana Islands politicians Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 20th-century American politicians 20th-century Lutherans