Thomas C. McCreery
Thomas Clay McCreery (December 12, 1816 – July 10, 1890) was an American politician who was a Democratic U.S.He studied law, passed the bar, and commenced practice in Frankfort, Kentucky.He was finally elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Guthrie, and served from February 19, 1868, to March 3, 1871.However, McCreery faced many accusations by then-Governor John W. Stevenson, of helping hated former Union General Steven G. Burbridge obtain a position as revenue collector,[2][3] and lost to Stevenson in the following election.He retired from public life and lived on his farm in Daviess County, Kentucky, and moved back to Owensboro, where he died and was interred in Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery.