William Creighton

Biography of William Creighton Jr.

Family Name (Surname): Creighton
First Name: William
Generational Suffix: Jr.
Date of Birth: October , 29 , 1778
Place of Birth (POB): Berkeley County , Virginia (US-VA, VA, 51, Va., Virg.) (now West Virginia)
Date of Death: October , 8 , 1851
Place of Death (POD): Chillicothe , Ohio (US-OH, OH, 39, Ohio, Ohio O., Oh.)
Gender Identity: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White

Court Name: United States District Court, District of Ohio
Court Type: United States District Court
Appointment under the Presidency of: John Quincy Adams ( Jeffersonian Republican )
Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/11/1828
Judicial Recess Appointment date: 11/01/1828
Seat vacated by: Byrd , Charles Willing
Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/16/1828
Committee action: Recommended Postponement
Date of Termination: 03/03/1829
Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Recess Appointment-Not Confirmed

Private practice, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1798-1803, 1808-1809, 1811-1812, 1817-1827, 1833-1851
Secretary of state, State of Ohio, 1803-1808
U.S. attorney for the District of Ohio, 1809-1811
U.S. representative from Ohio, 1813-1817, 1827-1828, 1829-1833
President, Chillicothe [Ohio] Branch Bank, Bank of the United States, 1817
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Ohio, December 11, 1828; no Senate vote