[2] Robert Creswell was born in approximately 1772 in the Province of South Carolina.
He practiced law in the Laurens District of South Carolina.
He first entered politics as a Federalist when he was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1789, but he lost reelection in 1802.
By 1814, Creswell switched to the Democratic-Republican party and was elected lieutenant governor; he served one term from 1814 to 1816.
Upon retirement, he became a candidate for the appointment of an appellate judge and as president of the Bank of South Carolina, but refused both positions and returned to his legal practice.