Creager (March 11, 1877 – October 28, 1950) was an American politician who served as the Republican National Committeeman from Texas from 1923 until his death in 1950.
Rentfro Banton Creager was born March 11, 1877, in Waco, Texas.
A Republican since choosing William McKinley over Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 United States presidential election,[1] Creager had a long career in Republican politics.
Two years later, he was made the collector of customs for the Brazos de Santiago District, a position in which he served until fired by William Howard Taft for his support of Theodore Roosevelt and the Bull Moose Party in the 1912 election.
[2] At the time of his death, he was the Republican Party's most senior national committeeman.