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, a United States representative from Ohio and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Ohio.
William Creighton Jr.
Born 1778 in Berkeley County, VA (now WV)
Died 1851 in Chillicothe, OH
FJC ID: 2706
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Chillicothe, Ohio1798–1803, 1808–1809, 1811–1812, 1817–1827, 1833–1851
- U.S. representative from Ohio1813–1817, 1827–1828, 1829–1833
- Chillicothe [Ohio] Branch Bank, Bank of the United StatesPresident · 1817
U.S. attorney for the District of Ohio1809–1811- State of OhioSecretary of state · 1803–1808
Appointments
- U.S. District Court for the District of Ohio1828–1829 · Appointed by John Quincy Adams (Jeffersonian Republican)Term ended: Recess Appointment-Not Confirmed
Education
- Read law1798
- Dickinson College1795