Education
Born in Munfordville, Kentucky, Craddock attended the public schools of Hart County.
United States representative politician
Born in Munfordville, Kentucky, Craddock attended the public schools of Hart County.
During the Philippine Insurrection and also during the Boxer Uprising in China served as a corporal and sergeant in Troop F, Third United States Cavalry. He was employed as a railroad engineer with the Isthmian Canal Commission, Panama Canal Zone from 1904 to 1910. He returned to Munfordville, Kentucky, in 1910 and engaged in banking and agricultural pursuits.
Assisted in organizing the Burley Tobacco Growers Association in 1922 and served as director from 1922 to 1941.
Craddock was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress.
Field man, Federal Farm Board, Washington, District of Columbia, in 1931 and 1932. Agent of the Kentucky Blue Grass Cooperative Association, Winchester, Kentucky, in 1933 and 1934.
Treasurer of Hart County at Munfordville, Kentucky, in 1934 and 1935.
He resumed his former pursuits. He died in Louisville, Kentucky, May 20, 1942. He was interred in New Munfordville Cemetery, Munfordville, Kentucky.
He served as member of the board of trustees of Munfordville 1910-1925. He served as member of the Kentucky Mammoth Cave National Park Commission 1922-1928. He served as a member of the State Agricultural Adjustment Administration Committee from 1939 until his death.