Philip Cresey Jr.

{{Short description|American politician}}

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Philip A. Cresey Jr. is an American politician from Maine. A Republican from Baldwin, Maine, Cresey served 4 terms (2000–2007) in the Maine House of Representatives.{{cite web|url=http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/lawlib/legbiog/webform1.aspx|title=Legislators Biographical Search|publisher=Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=26 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220092239/http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/lawlib/legbiog/webform1.aspx|archive-date=20 December 2015|url-status=dead}}

Cresey was known for his criticism of then Governor Angus King's proposal to give every middle school student in Maine a laptop for school use. Cresey worked with Rep. Brian Duprey to break Maine's contract with Apple Computer and stop the laptop program.{{cite book|last=Potholm|first=Christian P.|title=Maine: The Dynamics of Political Change|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9TQ2AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA81|accessdate=26 August 2014|date=2005-10-12|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=9780739157428|pages=81–}}