Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. 12: McCrady-Millington
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Excerpt from Dictionary of American BiographyMccreery was active in political life and was twice elected to the state Senate on the Repub lican ticket (1888 and During his eight years in the legislature, he was a leader in mat ters relating to farm interests, finance, and es pecially to water rights. He was the author and the chief force in effecting the enactment of the bill which created the State Normal School (later the State Teachers' College of Colorado) at Greeley. From 1891 to 1897 he was on the board of trustees of this institution and served for four years (1893 Â 97) as president of the board. In 1907 Â 08 he was president of the C010 rado Bar Association. In addition to his legal practice he developed and operated large farm ing properties east of Greeley. During the World War he worked effectively for the vari ous welfare organizations and for the conserva tion of resources. He had married, on Aug. 27, 1883, Mary M. Arbuckle of Greeley. They had four children. Until a few months before his death he remained active in his law practice. Temperamentally, he was an advocate rather than a judge; his inherited persistency made him loath to yield a point. By nature conserv ative, he was not a champion of pure democ racy but emphasized the constitutional safe guards to the rights of minorities and to individual liberty.