Thomas Houts Creighton (November 29, 1865–November 2, 1942) was an American lawyer, teacher, and politician.

Creighton was born, on a farm, in Wayne County, Illinois and went to the public schools. He went to the Hayward Collegiate Institute in Fairfield, Illinois and then taught school. Creighton practiced law in Fairfield, Illinois. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives in 1893 and 1894. Creighton was a Republican. Creighton died in a hospital in Evansville, Indiana.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ↑ 'Souvenir of the Illinois Legislature of 1893.' J. L. Pickering-editor, Illinois State Journal Press, Springfield, Illinois: 1893, Biographical Sketch of Thomas H. Creighton, pg. 52
  2. ↑ 'Thomas H. Creighton, Former Member of State Legislature, Dies,' The Freeport Journal-Standard (Illinois), November 3, 1942, pg. 5


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