Charles E. Creager

Charles Edward Creager
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 3rd district
In office March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911
Preceded by	James S. Davenport
Succeeded by	James S. Davenport
Personal details
Born	April 28, 1873 (1873-04-28) Montgomery County, Ohio
Died	January 11, 1964 (1964-01-12) (aged 90) Muskogee, Oklahoma
Citizenship	United States
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Elizabeth Fleenor Creager
Children	Baron Creager Margaret Creager
Alma mater	Northern Indiana University
Profession	Editor Publisher politician
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch/service	United States Army
Rank	sergeant major
Unit	Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Battles/wars	Spanish–American War

Charles Edward Creager (April 28, 1873 – January 11, 1964) was an American newspaper publisher and editor and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.

Born in Montgomery County, Ohio near Dayton, Creager was the son of William Otterbein and Belle Basore Creager. He attended Ohio public schools and graduated from Northern Indiana University. He married Elizabeth Fleenor, and they had a son, Baron, and a daughter, Margaret.^[1] He enlisted as a sergeant major in the Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish–American War and served under General Nelson A. Miles in the Puerto Rican campaign.

Creager also engaged in the newspaper business, being the city editor of the Columbus Press-Post from 1899 to 1901 and editor of the Daily Leader in Marietta, Ohio, from 1902 to 1904. He moved to Muskogee, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) in November 1904 and engaged in the newspaper business once more, later becoming publisher and editor of several Oklahoma newspapers.^[2]

Elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress, Creager served from March 4, 1909 to March 3, 1911.^[3] An unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Sixty-second Congress in 1910, he was employed in the United States Indian Service and later engaged in oil production until 1934, when he retired.

Creager was active in Freemasonry; elected to serve the organization in state leadership positions of Most Illustrious Grand Master of Cryptic Masons of Oklahoma (1920-1921^[4]) and Most Excellent Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Oklahoma (1925-1926^[5]). He published A History of the Cryptic Rite Freemasonry in Oklahoma in 1925 and was a perpetual member of Muskogee Masonic Lodge No. 28^[6] Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Oklahoma.

Creager died, of emphysema, at the Muskogee Veterans Administration Hospital on January 11, 1964 (age 90 years, 258 days). He is interred at Greenhill Cemetery in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma,.^[7]

• United States Congress. "Charles E. Creager (id: C000897)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture – Creager, Charles Archived 2010-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Charles E. Creager at Find a Grave