# William Creighton Jr. > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/William_Creighton_Jr. > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/William_Creighton_Jr..md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Creighton_Jr. > Source revision: 1351296303 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American judge (1778–1851)}} {{other people|William Creighton}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = William Creighton Jr. | honorific_suffix = | image = William Creighton Jr.png | alt = | caption = | office = Judge of the [United States District Court for the District of Ohio](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Ohio) | term_start = November 1, 1828 | term_end = March 3, 1829 | nominator = | appointer = [John Quincy Adams](/source/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_John_Quincy_Adams) | predecessor = [Charles Willing Byrd](/source/Charles_Willing_Byrd) | successor = [John Wilson Campbell](/source/John_Wilson_Campbell) | state1 = [Ohio](/source/Ohio) | constituency1 = [6th district](/source/Ohio's_6th_congressional_district) | term_start1 = March 4, 1829 | term_end1 = March 3, 1833 | predecessor1 = [Francis Swaine Muhlenberg](/source/Francis_Swaine_Muhlenberg) | successor1 = [Samuel Finley Vinton](/source/Samuel_Finley_Vinton) | constituency2 = [6th district](/source/Ohio's_6th_congressional_district) | term_start2 = March 4, 1827 | term_end2 = before November 1, 1828 | predecessor2 = [John Thomson](/source/John_Thomson_(Ohio_politician)) | successor2 = [Francis Swaine Muhlenberg](/source/Francis_Swaine_Muhlenberg) | constituency3 = [3rd district](/source/Ohio's_3rd_congressional_district) | term_start3 = March 4, 1813 | term_end3 = March 3, 1817 | predecessor3 = ''District established'' | successor3 = [Levi Barber](/source/Levi_Barber) | order4 = 1st | office4 = Secretary of State of Ohio | term_start4 = 1803 | term_end4 = 1808 | governor4 = [Edward Tiffin](/source/Edward_Tiffin) | predecessor4 = ''Office established'' | successor4 = [Jeremiah McLene](/source/Jeremiah_McLene) | pronunciation = | birth_name = William Creighton Jr. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1778|10|29}} | birth_place = [Berkeley County](/source/Berkeley_County%2C_West_Virginia), [Virginia](/source/Virginia) | death_date = {{Death date and age|1851|10|01|1778|10|29}} | death_place = [Chillicothe, Ohio](/source/Chillicothe%2C_Ohio), U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = [Grand View Cemetery](/source/Grandview_Cemetery_(Chillicothe%2C_Ohio))
Chillicothe, Ohio | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = [Democratic-Republican](/source/Democratic-Republican_Party)
[National Republican](/source/National_Republican_Party) | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | education = [Dickinson College](/source/Dickinson_College)
[read law](/source/read_law) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} '''William Creighton Jr.''' (October 29, 1778 – October 1, 1851) was an American politician, state official, and judge who served as the first [Ohio secretary of state](/source/Secretary_of_State_of_Ohio), a [United States representative](/source/United_States_representative) from [Ohio](/source/Ohio) and a [United States district judge](/source/United_States_federal_judge) of the [United States District Court for the District of Ohio](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Ohio). ==Education and career== Born on October 29, 1778, in [Berkeley County](/source/Berkeley_County%2C_Virginia), [Virginia](/source/Virginia) (now [West Virginia](/source/West_Virginia)),{{FJC Bio|2706|nid=1390381|name=William Creighton Jr.}} Creighton graduated from [Dickinson College](/source/Dickinson_College) in 1795 and [read law](/source/read_law) in 1798. He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in [Chillicothe](/source/Chillicothe%2C_Ohio), [Ross County](/source/Ross_County%2C_Ohio), [Northwest Territory](/source/Northwest_Territory) (State of [Ohio](/source/Ohio) from March 1, 1803) from 1798 to 1803. He was the 1st [Secretary of State of Ohio](/source/Secretary_of_State_of_Ohio) from 1803 to 1808. He resumed private practice in Chillicothe from 1808 to 1809. He was the [United States Attorney](/source/United_States_Attorney) for the District of Ohio from 1809 to 1811. He was a member of the [Ohio House of Representatives](/source/Ohio_House_of_Representatives) in 1810.{{CongBio|C000902|inline=yes}} He again resumed private practice in Chillicothe from 1811 to 1812. ==Congressional service== Creighton was elected as a [Democratic-Republican](/source/Democratic-Republican_Party) from [Ohio's 3rd congressional district](/source/Ohio's_3rd_congressional_district) to the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) of the [13th United States Congress](/source/13th_United_States_Congress) to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [United States Representative](/source/United_States_Representative) [Duncan McArthur](/source/Duncan_McArthur). He was reelected to the [14th United States Congress](/source/14th_United_States_Congress) and served from May 4, 1813, to March 3, 1817. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1815 to the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) from Ohio. He was elected as an [Adams Republican](/source/National_Republican_Party) from [Ohio's 6th congressional district](/source/Ohio's_6th_congressional_district) to the United States House of Representatives of the [20th United States Congress](/source/20th_United_States_Congress) and served from March 4, 1827, until his resignation in 1828 to accept a federal judicial position. He was reelected as an [Anti-Jacksonian](/source/National_Republican_Party) to the United States House of Representatives of the [21st](/source/21st_United_States_Congress) and [22nd United States Congress](/source/22nd_United_States_Congress)es, serving from March 4, 1829, to March 3, 1833. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1832. Following his first two terms in Congress, Creighton was President of the Chillicothe Branch of the [Second Bank of the United States](/source/Second_Bank_of_the_United_States) in 1817. In between his terms in Congress, Creighton engaged in private practice in Chillicothe from 1817 to 1827. ==Federal judicial service== Creighton received a [recess appointment](/source/recess_appointment) from President [John Quincy Adams](/source/John_Quincy_Adams) on November 1, 1828, to a seat on the [United States District Court for the District of Ohio](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Ohio) vacated by Judge [Charles Willing Byrd](/source/Charles_Willing_Byrd). He was nominated to the same position by President Adams on December 11, 1828. His service terminated on March 3, 1829, after his nomination was not confirmed by the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate), which never voted on his nomination. The Senate on February 16, 1829, passed a resolution that it was “not expedient to fill the vacancy at the present session of Congress.” ==Later career and death== Following the termination of his federal judicial service, Creighton resumed private practice in Chillicothe from 1833 to 1851. He died on October 8, 1851, in Chillicothe. He was interred in [Grand View Cemetery](/source/Grandview_Cemetery_(Chillicothe%2C_Ohio)) in Chillicothe.{{cite web|url=http://www.graveaddiction.com/grandview.html|title=Grandview Cemetery|publisher=Grandview Cemetery|access-date=July 29, 2012|archive-date=November 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118055749/http://www.graveaddiction.com/grandview.html|url-status=dead}} ==Family== Creighton had married Elizabeth Meade in September 1805, and they had six daughters and three sons.{{cite web|url=http://archives.dickinson.edu/people/william-creighton-1778-1851|title=William Creighton (1778–1851) – Dickinson College|website=archives.dickinson.edu}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Sources== {{CongBio|C000902}} * {{FJC Bio|2706|nid=1390381|name=William Creighton Jr.}} ==Further reading== * A compilation of laws, treaties, resolutions, and ordinances of the general and state governments which relate to lands in the state of Ohio. Columbus: Printed by G. Nashee, state printer, 1825, 534 pgs. * History of lower Scioto Valley, Ohio. Chicago: Interstate Publishing Co., 1884, 911 pgs. * Taylor, William Alexander. Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900. Columbus, Ohio: Press of the Westbote Co., state printers, 1899 (©1898), 458 pgs. * Gilkey, Elliot Howard The Ohio hundred year book: a hand-book of the public men and public institutions of Ohio, from the formation of the Northwest Territory (1787) to July 1, 1901. Columbus: F.J. Heer, state printer, 1901, 779 pgs. * Bennett, Henry Holcomb, The county of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio. Madison, Wis.: S. A. Brant, 1902, 729 pgs. * Galbreath, C. B. Ohio emblems and monuments: seals, flag, flower, buckeye, jewels, McKinley Memorial Columbus, Ohio: Board of Library Commissioners, 1907?, 28 pgs. * Utter, William T. The frontier state from 1803 to 1825. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1942, 468 pgs. * A Standard history of Ross County, Ohio. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co. 1917, 1006 pgs. * Johnson, Ross B., West Virginia Estate Settlements, Berkeley County from 1722 to 1815, West Virginia History Vol XVII-XXIV, 1955 ==External links== * {{Ohio History Central|67}} * {{Find a Grave|7565}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070819003724/http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/lib_hist/usAttorneys/ohio/OHusatt.html] {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=Office established}} {{s-ttl|title=1st [Secretary of State of Ohio](/source/Secretary_of_State_of_Ohio)|years=1803–1808}} {{s-aft|after=[Jeremiah McLene](/source/Jeremiah_McLene)}} {{s-par|us-oh-hs}} {{s-bef|before=James Dunlap
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