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  Creal, Edward W.
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NameEdward W. Creal
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Hodgenville, Kentucky , United States
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Born November 20, 1883
DiedOctober 13, 1943 (59 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Dec 20, 2014 11:28pm
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InfoCREAL, Edward Wester, a Representative from Kentucky; born in a log house near Mount Sherman, Larue County, Ky., November 20, 1883; attended the public schools of Hart and Larue Counties, Ky.; taught school for nine years in Larue County and between teaching terms attended Southern Normal School at Bowling Green, Ky., and East Lynn College at Buffalo, Ky.; was graduated from the law department of Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1906; was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in Hodgenville, Ky., in 1910; county superintendent of schools of Larue County, Ky., 1910-1918; county attorney 1918-1928; Commonwealth attorney 1929-1936; owner and publisher of a weekly newspaper in Hodgenville, Ky., from 1918 until the time of his death; member of the Democratic State executive committee 1924-1940; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Cap R. Carden; reelected to the Seventy-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from November 5, 1935, until his death in Hodgenville, Ky., on October 13, 1943; interment in Red Hill Cemetery.


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  11/03/1942 KY - District 04 Won 55.66% (+11.32%)
  11/05/1940 KY - District 04 Won 58.48% (+16.96%)
  08/03/1940 KY District 4 - D Primary Won 78.69% (+61.46%)
  11/08/1938 KY - District 04 Won 59.24% (+18.48%)
  11/03/1936 KY - District 04 Won 58.98% (+17.97%)
  08/01/1936 KY District 4 - D Primary Won 53.95% (+14.03%)
  11/05/1935 KY - District 04 Special Election Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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