Nathaniel Neiman Craley Jr. (November 17, 1927 – June 18, 2006) was a Democratic member of the

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. Nathaniel Craley was born in

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. He graduated from the

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, in 1946 and from

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in 1950. He was engaged in furniture manufacturing from 1950 to 1965. He was treasurer of the York County Planning Commission from 1959 to 1965. He was the director and first vice president of York County Council of Community Services, 1960–1964, and director of York County Council for Human Relations, 1960-1963. He became chairman of the York County Democratic committee from 1962 to 1964. He was an instructor in

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at York Junior College from 1958 to 1959. He was elected in

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as a Democrat to the

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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in

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. After his term in office, he served in a number of positions in the Pacific Island territories of the

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: *Commissioner for Public Affairs for the

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, 1967–1972 *Special Assistant to the High Commissioner, 1972–1976 *Executive Director of the Plebiscite Commission of the

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, 1975 *Special Assistant to the Resident Commissioner, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, 1976–1978 *Director for Administration, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 1978–1981 *Special Assistant to the High Commissioner, 1981–1985 He died in

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, aged 78, of undisclosed causes.

Sources

Nathaniel Craley at The Political GraveyardNathaniel Craley's Obituary at the ''Saipan Tribune''
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