Charles J. Folger
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Charles J. Folger | |
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Thomas Hillhouse | |
Succeeded by | Abraham V. Harpending |
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Born | Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S. | April 16, 1818
Died | September 4, 1884 Geneva, New York, U.S. | (aged 66)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Susan Worth |
Education | Hobart College (BA) |
Charles James Folger (April 16, 1818 – September 4, 1884) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the
Early life
He was born in 1818 on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts. When Folger was 12 years old his family moved to Geneva, New York. He later attended Geneva College (now called Hobart and William Smith Colleges), where in 1836 he graduated with honors. After his graduation, he read law with Mark H. Sibley and Alvah Worden in Canandaigua, New York and was admitted to the bar of New York state three years later in 1839. He began his practice in Lyons, New York, but returned to Geneva in 1840, where he remained for the rest of his life. On June 18, 1844, he married Susan Rebecca Worth.
Public life
In 1844, Folger was appointed to the bench of the Ontario County Court of Common Pleas, serving for about a year.
He was a
Folger resigned from the State Senate in 1869, having been appointed by President
He was a member of the "Stalwart" faction of the Republican Party,[1] led by New York senator Roscoe Conkling, which was known during the early Gilded Age for its advocacy of civil rights and opposition towards civil service reform.
In 1881, President
Gubernatorial race
While serving as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Folger ran in 1882 for Governor of New York, but was defeated by Democrat Grover Cleveland.
Death
Folger died on September 4, 1884, at his home on Main Street in Geneva, NY. He was buried at Glenwood Cemetery, Geneva, at the side of his wife who had died seven years earlier.
The Geneva Fire Department's C.J. Folger Hook & Ladder Co. #1 is named in his honor, as is Folger Park in Washington, D.C. In 1879 and 1880, a company of the New York Army National Guard was organized in Geneva and named the Folger Independent Corps in honor of Folger. The unit became the 34th Independent Company and served during the Spanish–American War as Company B, 3rd New York Infantry Regiment. The unit currently exists as Co. D, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment, based in Ithaca, New York.
References
- ^ Ketchersid, William L. (2003). The Gilded Age Presidency Reconsidered, p. 56. Google Books. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
- [1] Political Graveyard
- [2] Appointed Secretary of the Treasury, in NYT on October 28, 1881, with short bio
- [3] Obit in NYT on September 5, 1884
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 362; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)