OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Charles James Folger

BORN:
April 16, 1818
Nantucket, Massachusetts

DIED:
September 4, 1884 (age 66)
Geneva, New York

EDUCATION:
Hobart College (BA, 1836)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican 

HIGHLIGHTS:
1831:
Moved to Geneva, New York
1839:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Geneva, New York 
1844:
Appointed to the Ontario Court of Common Pleas
1851-1855:
County Judge of Ontario County, New York 
1857:
Became First Chief of Police of Geneva, New York 
1861-1869:
Member, New York Senate
1869-1870:
Assistant U.S. Treasurer in New York
1870-1879:
Associate Judge, New York Court of Appeals
1880-1881:
Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals
1881-1884:
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 
1882:
Republican Nominee for Governor of New York 

RESOURCES:
Department of the Treasury
Historical Society of the New York Courts
Wikipedia

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