Edward Wester Creal was a U.S. Representative

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 from Kentucky

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Born in a log house in LaRue County, Kentucky

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 near Mount Sherman, Kentucky

Mount Sherman, Kentucky

Mount Sherman is an unincorporated community located in Larue County, Kentucky, United States. The zip code is: 42764.-Notes:Also, Tom Pitt is the mayor....

, Creal attended the public schools of Hart and Larue Counties, Kentucky.
He taught school for nine years in Larue County and between teaching terms attended Southern Normal School at Bowling Green, Kentucky

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, and East Lynn College at Buffalo, Kentucky

Buffalo, Kentucky

Buffalo is an unincorporated community in southern LaRue County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Kentucky Route 61 south of the city of Hodgenville, the county seat of LaRue County. Its elevation is 748 feet , and it is located at COORDS...

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He was graduated from the law department of Centre College

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 in Danville, Kentucky

Danville, Kentucky

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, in 1906.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1904 and commenced practice in Hodgenville, Kentucky

Hodgenville, Kentucky

Hodgenville is a city in and the county seat of LaRue County, Kentucky, United States. It sits along the North Fork of the Nolin River. The population was 2,874 at the 2000 census...

, in 1910.
County superintendent of schools of Larue County, Kentucky

LaRue County, Kentucky

LaRue County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is included in the Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 13,373. Its county seat is Hodgenville...

 from 1910 to 1918.
County attorney 1918-1928.
Commonwealth attorney 1929-1936.
He was owner and publisher of a weekly newspaper in Hodgenville, Kentucky

Hodgenville, Kentucky

Hodgenville is a city in and the county seat of LaRue County, Kentucky, United States. It sits along the North Fork of the Nolin River. The population was 2,874 at the 2000 census...

, from 1918 until the time of his death.
He served as member of the Democratic State executive committee 1924-1940.

Creal was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Seventy-fourth

74th United States Congress

-House:Also 2 Delegates, 3 Resident Commissioners-Senate:*President of the Senate: John N. Garner *President pro tempore: Key Pittman -Majority leadership:*Majority leader: Joseph T. Robinson...

 Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Cap R. Carden.
He was reelected to the Seventy-fifth

75th United States Congress

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 and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from November 5, 1935, until his death in Hodgenville, Kentucky

Hodgenville, Kentucky

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, on October 13, 1943.
He was interred in Red Hill Cemetery.