Harry T. Creswell

Harry Thornton Creswell (December 10, 1850 – December 29, 1914) was an American lawyer and state senator.

Biography

He was born in Eutaw, Alabama in 1850. Creswell's father was David Creswell, a judge, and his mother was Gertrude Creswell. He was educated at the Greene Springs School in Hale County. After that, Creswell was educated in law. In 1870, he moved from Louisiana to San Francisco. Four year later, Creswell moved to Belmont, Nevada and became admitted to the bar in Nevada. It was then that his career began. Creswell was elected District Attorney of Nye County that same year and his term ended in 1876. On November 7, 1876, Creswell was elected member of the Nevada Senate as a Democrat. He represented Nye County in the Senate and his term started the following day. Creswell served in two regular sessions and his term ended in November 1880. In 1912, Creswell was a delegate from California to the Democratic National Convention of that year. At the Convention, he was a member of the Credentials Committee as well. Creswell died in San Francisco on December 29, 1914, at the age of 64. He was married to Lucy Crittenden Nesbitt and they got two children, Harry and Gertrude. Also, Creswell had been a member of the Pacific-Union Club and the Southern Club of San Francisco.