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138 appointed one of the five commissioners to represent the United States in the International Monetary conference held in Brussels, Belgium, in which the representatives of twenty countries took part and in which Mr. McCreary espoused the cause of bi-metalism. His friends affirm of him that "he has been a constant and faithful Democrat, always loyal to the constitution and all those provisions in it which protect the masses of the people of the republic." In 1900 he was elected a delegate at large from the State of Kentucky to the Democratic national convention and helped to nominate Bryan and Stevenson; and he was chairman of the Democratic state campaign committee in that year. In 1879 he received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Centre college, Danville, Kentucky.

He was married June 12, 1867, to Kate, daughter of Thomas Hughes of Fayette county. They have one child.

"Education, integrity, energy, sobriety, constant effort, and devotion to the teachings of the Bible," are the aims which he thinks young people should hold steadily before them.

In 1903, he was elected United States senator from Kentucky for the term of six years. His address is, Richmond, Kentucky.