William C. Wilson (New York politician)

For other people named William Wilson, see William Wilson (disambiguation).

William C. Wilson was an American lawyer and politician.

He was the Republican boss of the Twenty-Seventh Assembly District in New York City, and had a law office at 55, Liberty Street.

On May 3, 1900, he was appointed by Comptroller William J. Morgan one of the first five New York State Transfer Tax Appraisers for New York County under the new transfer tax law. He was First Deputy Comptroller under Otto Kelsey, and became Acting Comptroller upon Kelsey's resignation in May 1906. After months of delay, he finally was appointed New York State Comptroller by Governor Frank W. Higgins on November 8, 1906, to serve for the remainder of Kelsey's unexpired term.

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The choice for tax appraisers, in NYT on April 30, 1900
His appointment as tax appraiser, in NYT on May 4, 1900
Kelsey's appointment as Supt. of Insurance, and resignation as Comptroller, in NYT on May 3, 1906
His appointment as Comptroller, in NYT on November 9, 1906
Political Graveyard (name misspelled)

Political offices
Preceded by Otto Kelsey	New York State Comptroller 1906	Succeeded by Martin H. Glynn

New York State Comptrollers

Sands* Curtenius Jones Henry Jenkins McIntyre Savage Marcy S Wright Flagg Cooke Collier Flagg Fillmore Hunt Fuller J Wright Cook Burrows Church Denniston Robinson Hillhouse Allen Nichols Hopkins Robinson Olcott Wadsworth Davenport Chapin Wemple Campbell Roberts Morgan Gilman Knight Miller Kelsey Wilson Glynn Gaus Kelsey* Williams Sohmer Travis Wendell Maier Fleming Murphy Tremaine Yates* O'Leary Moore McGovern Levitt Regan McCall Hevesi Sanzillo* DiNapoli

* as Auditor General, as Auditor, * Acting

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