Thomas Grant Cretney

Thomas Grant Cretney (August 20, 1870 – April 16, 1938) was an American politician and businessman.

Born in the town of Ridgeway, Iowa County, Wisconsin, Cretney was a building contractor and President of the State Bank of Arena. Cretney was also in the real estate business and had invented and patented a system of traffic signs. Cretney served as president of the village of Ridgeway. In 1915, Cretney served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican. He then moved to Madison, Wisconsin and served as sergeant at arms in the Wisconsin Assembly. Cretney died in Madison, Wisconsin after a long illness.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ↑ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1919,' Biographical Sketch of Thomas Grant Cretney, pg. 508
  2. ↑ 'After A Long Illness T. S. Cretney, 67, Real Estate Man, Ex-Solon, Dies,' Wisconsin State Journal, April 16, 1938, pg. 1
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