Charles Edward Creager | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOklahoma's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911 | |
| Preceded by | James S. Davenport |
| Succeeded by | James S. Davenport |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 28, 1873 (1873-04-28) |
| Died | January 11, 1964 (1964-01-12) (aged 90) |
| Citizenship |  United States |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Fleenor Creager |
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| Alma mater | Northern Indiana University |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Rank | sergeant major |
| Unit | Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| Battles/wars | Spanish–American War |
Charles Edward Creager (April 28, 1873 – January 11, 1964) was an American newspaper publisher and editor and aU.S. Representative fromOklahoma.
Born inMontgomery County, Ohio nearDayton, Creager was the son of William Otterbein and Belle Basore Creager. He attended Ohio public schools and graduated from Northern Indiana University. He married Elizabeth Fleenor, and they had a son, Baron, and a daughter, Margaret.[1] He enlisted as asergeant major in the Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry during theSpanish–American War and served under GeneralNelson A. Miles in thePuerto Rican campaign.
Creager also engaged in the newspaper business, being the city editor of theColumbus Press-Post from 1899 to 1901 and editor of theDaily Leader inMarietta, Ohio, from 1902 to 1904. He moved toMuskogee, Indian Territory (nowOklahoma) in November 1904 and engaged in the newspaper business once more, later becoming publisher and editor of several Oklahoma newspapers.[2]
Elected as aRepublican to theSixty-first Congress, Creager served from March 4, 1909 to March 3, 1911.[3] An unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Sixty-second Congress in 1910, he was employed in the United States Indian Service and later engaged in oil production until 1934, when he retired.
Creager was active inFreemasonry; elected to serve the organization in state leadership positions of Most Illustrious Grand Master of Cryptic Masons of Oklahoma (1920-1921[4]) and Most Excellent Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Oklahoma (1925-1926[5]). He publishedA History of the Cryptic Rite Freemasonry in Oklahoma in 1925 and was a perpetual member of Muskogee Masonic Lodge No. 28[6] Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Oklahoma.
Creager died, of emphysema, at the Muskogee Veterans Administration Hospital on January 11, 1964 (age 90 years, 258 days). He isinterred at Greenhill Cemetery in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma,.[7]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromOklahoma's 3rd congressional district 1909–1911 | Succeeded by James S. Davenport |
