Charles James Folger (April 16, 1818 – September 4, 1884) was an American politician, jurist and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, concerned with finance and monetary matters, and until
Born in Nantucket, he was a lawyer and in 1844 became a judge of the common pleas court of New York, and then a county judge from 1851 to 1855. He was a member of the New York Senate from 1862 to 1869 and a delegate to the N. The New York State Senate is one of two houses in the New York State Legislature and has members each elected to two-year terms Y. constitutional convention in 1867. Alternative meaning Constitutional convention (political custom A constitutional convention is a gathering for the purpose of writing a new He was also a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1868. The Republican National Convention is the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States.
He was a judge for the New York Court of Appeals from 1870 to 1880, and chief judge of that body from 1880 to 1881, when he was appointed United States Secretary of the Treasury serving until his death at Geneva, New York, while still in office in 1884. New York Court of Appeals is the highest court in the US state of New York. The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, concerned with finance and monetary matters, and until For other places with this name see Geneva. Geneva is a City in Ontario and Seneca counties in the
Appointed Secretary by President Chester A. Arthur, Folger presided over the greatest surplus the government had ever had. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Chester Alan Arthur (October 5 1829 &ndash November 18 1886 was an American politician who served as the twenty-first President of the United States.
| Preceded by William Windom |
United States Secretary of the Treasury 1881–1884 |
Succeeded by Walter Q. Gresham |