Harry T. Creswell
| Harry T. Creswell | |
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Picture of Creswell in a 1906 newspaper
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| Member of the Nevada Senate from the Nye County district |
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In office November 8, 1876 – November 2, 1880 |
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| Preceded by | D. P. Walter |
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| District Attorney of Nye County, Nevada | |
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In office 1874–1876 |
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| District Attorney of Lander County, Nevada | |
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In office 1880–1887 |
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| City and County Attorney of San Francisco | |
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In office 1893–1898 |
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| Member of the Police Commission of San Francisco | |
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In office July 30, 1906 – March 1907 |
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| Born | December 10, 1850 Eutaw, Alabama |
| Died | December 29, 1914 (aged 64) San Francisco |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Lucy Crittenden Nesbitt |
| Children | Harry Innis Thornton Creswell and Gertrude Crittenden Creswell |
| Education | Greene Springs School |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Harry Thornton Creswell (December 10, 1850 – December 29, 1914) was an American lawyer and state senator.
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. After that, he moved to Lander County and Creswell served as District Attorney of that county from 1880 to 1887. He was candidate for district judge of Nevada, but didn't succeed.
At the end of the 1880s, Creswell moved to San Francisco and continued with practicing law. He was admitted to the bar in California in 1888. In 1890, Creswell was a candidate for City and County Attorney of San Francisco, but he was defeated. During the next elections in 1892, however, he was elected to that office. Creswell served as City and County Attorney between 1893 and 1898. That office entailed membership to the Board of City Hall Commissioners. Back then, the San Francisco City Hall was being constructed and Cresell insisted on the use of materials from California to build the city hall. Creswell resigned in his last term to become a member of the law firm "Garber, Creswell & Garber", that was founded in 1897. He kept working there until Judge Garber died, after which he worked independently. In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Creswell was appointed member of the Committee of Fifty, that was called into existence by the Mayor of San Francisco.
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