Background
Mccreary, James Bennett was born on July 8, 1838 in Madison Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of E. R. and S. B. M.
Mccreary, James Bennett was born on July 8, 1838 in Madison Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of E. R. and S. B. M.
Bachelor of Arts, Centre College, Kentucky, 1857 (Doctor of Laws, 1879). Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland University, Tennessee, 1859. Major and lieutenant colonel of cavalry, C.S.A., under Generals Morgan and Breckenridge, 1862-1865.
Admitted to bar, 1859, and entered practice at Richmond, Kentucky.
Member Kentucky House of Representatives, 1869, 71, 73 (speaker, 1871-1873). Member 49th to 54th Congresses (1885-1897). Member Pan-American Committee of the United States.
Married Kate Hughes, 1867 (died 1908).