Background
Folger was born on the island of Nantucket in 1818.
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Charles James Folger was an American lawyer and politician.
Education
He attended Hobart College and graduated with honors in 1836. After his graduation, he studied law with Mark H. Sibley and Alvah Worden in Canandaigua, New York and was admitted to the bar three years later in 1839.
Career
He was United States. Secretary of the Treasury from 1881 until his death. When he was 12 years old, his family moved to Geneva, New New York He began his practice in Lyons, New York, but returned to Geneva in 1840, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Public In 1844, Folger was appointed to the bench of the Ontario County Court of Common Pleas, serving for about a year.
During his term he served as President pro tempore for four years and as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Folger served as a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1867-1868, and as a delegate to the 1868 Republican National Convention.
In 1869, he resigned from the State Senate when he was appointed Assistant United States Treasurer in New York City by President Ulysses South. Grant. A year later, in 1870, he was elected one of the first judges of the re-organized New York Court of Appeals.
Following the death of Sanford East. Church, Folger was appointed Chief Judge by Governor Alonzo B. Cornell on May 20, 1880, to fill the vacancy temporarily.
In November he was elected to a full 14-year term as Chief Judge. In 1881, President James Garfield offered him the position of Attorney General, which he declined. Later that year, however, he resigned from the bench to accept an appointment by President Chester Arthur to serve as Secretary of the Treasury.
In 1883 he appointed Mifflin East. Bell to the Office of the Supervising Architect.
As a sitting United States. Secretary, he ran in 1882 for Governor of New York, but was defeated by Democrat Grover Cleveland. Folger died in office on September 4, 1884 at his home on Main Street in Geneva, New New York The Chief Justice Folger Hook & Ladder Company
#1 of the Geneva Fire Department is named in his honor, as is Folger Park in Washington, District of Columbia In 1879 and 1880, a company of the New York 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 Company
Doctorate, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment, based in Ithaca.
Membership
As a Republican, he was a member of the New York State Senate (26th Doctorate) from 1862 to 1869, sitting in the 85th, 86th, 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st and 92nd New York State Legislatures.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Republican party