Addison B. Colvin

Addison B. Colvin (1897)

Addison Beecher Colvin (December 15, 1858 Glens Falls, Warren County, New York – June 21, 1939 Glens Falls, Warren County, New York) was an American businessman, banker and politician.

Life

He was the son of Hiram K. Colvin and Sara Ann Cowels Colvin. On May 16, 1883, he married Maria Louise Hees at Fonda, New York, and they had three daughters.

He was New York State Treasurer from 1894 to 1898, elected in 1893 and 1895 on the Republican ticket. He appointed his brother-in-law Deputy Treasurer.

He was President of the Glens Falls Gaslight Company, Vice President of the Herkimer, Mohawk, Ilion and Frankfort Railway, and owner of the Glens Falls Daily Times and the Glens Falls Weekly Messenger.

He was buried at Pineview Cemetery in Glens Falls.

Sources

RootsWeb: COLVIN-L RE: (COLVIN-L) Addison B. Colvin at archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com Short bio transcribed from Who Was Who in America (Vol. III, pg. 175), at rootsweb
His "inauguration ceremony", in NYT on January 5, 1894
The State money deposit controversy, in NYT on January 9, 1894
A listing of his "titles", in NYT on September 17, 1895
Short bios of the re-elected state officers, in NYT on November 6, 1895 (giving wrong birth year)

Political offices
Preceded by Elliott Danforth	New York State Treasurer 1894–1898	Succeeded by John P. Jaeckel

New York State Treasurers

Livingston Bancker McClellan A G Lansing Thomas A G Lansing Thomas Platt Dox Knower Keyser Barstow Keyser Barstow Haight Farrington Enos Farrington Hunt Cook Welch Spaulding Clark Vanderpoel Dorsheimer Lewis Schuyler Howland Bristol Raines A Lansing* Raines Ross Mackin Wendell Maxwell Fitzgerald Danforth Colvin Jaeckel Wickser Wallenmeier Hauser Dunn Kennedy Batten* Call Wells Marshall Shuler Pounds

*denotes acting treasurer

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