Background
He succeeded his father in the senate upon his retirement in 1968.
He succeeded his father in the senate upon his retirement in 1968.
He was born in Philadelphia in 1928, the son of John Jay and Susan (née McCabe) McCreesh. He was a real estate broker and appraiser. He attended Saint Joseph"s University and, in 1950, graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in political science.
He also served as a page in the Pennsylvania State senate in the 1940s.