Creswell was elected District Attorney of Nye County that same year and his term ended in 1876.

[2] At the end of the 1880s, Creswell moved to San Francisco and continued with practicing law.

[6] In 1890, Creswell was a candidate for City and County Attorney of San Francisco, but he was defeated.

[1] That office entailed membership to the Board of City Hall Commissioners.

[2] In July 1906, he was appointed member of the Police Commission of San Francisco by Mayor Eugene Schmitz, but resigned during his term, in March 1907, to work as a civil lawyer.

[6] He was married to Lucy Crittenden Nesbitt and they got two children, Harry and Gertrude.