History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . Ml-. Charles James Foi.(;er Charles James Foljjer, jurist; horn in \ iiiiiuket, Mass.,April 16, 1S18; graduated at Cleneva (now Ilohart) college,1836; studied law in Canandaigua; admitted to the har inAlhany in 1839; settled in Cjeiieva, 1840; judge of the court ofcommon pleas, Ontario county, 1843; master and examiner inchancery which offices were abolished by the constitutional con-vention of 1846; judge of Ontario county, 1852-1S56; joinedre|)ublican party in 1S54; stale senator, 1862-1869, acting forfour years as president pro


History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . Ml-. Charles James Foi.(;er Charles James Foljjer, jurist; horn in \ iiiiiuket, Mass.,April 16, 1S18; graduated at Cleneva (now Ilohart) college,1836; studied law in Canandaigua; admitted to the har inAlhany in 1839; settled in Cjeiieva, 1840; judge of the court ofcommon pleas, Ontario county, 1843; master and examiner inchancery which offices were abolished by the constitutional con-vention of 1846; judge of Ontario county, 1852-1S56; joinedre|)ublican party in 1S54; stale senator, 1862-1869, acting forfour years as president pro trm; delegate to constitutional con-vention of 1867; appointed by President (irant assistant treas-urer in New ^ork City, 1867-1870; elected associate judge ofthe court of appeals, 1870 and designated chief judge b^ C}ov-ernor Cornell in 1880 to fill the vacancy caused bv the deathof Sanford E. Church; elected chief judge for full term inNovember, 1880 but resigned in 1881 when he was named byPresident Arthur as secretary of the treasury; nominated forgovernor of


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