Charles G. Myers was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

He was educated at the St. Lawrence Academy in Potsdam, New York

Potsdam (village), New York

Potsdam is a village located in the Town of Potsdam in St. Lawrence County, New York, USA. The population was 9,425 at the 2000 census.The Village of Potsdam is in the eastern part of the town and is northeast of Canton, the county seat....

. In 1825, he began to study law in the office of Governeur Ogden at Waddington, NY

Waddington (village), New York

Waddington is a village located in the Town of Waddington in St. Lawrence County, New York. The population was 923 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Joshua Waddington....

, was admitted to the bar in 1832, and commenced practice in Ogdensburg, New York

Ogdensburg, New York

Ogdensburg is a city in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 11,128 at the 2010 census. In the late 18th century, European-American settlers named the community after American land owner and developer Samuel Ogden....

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He was Surrogate of St. Lawrence County from 1844 to 1847. He was a member from St. Lawrence County of the New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly

The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature. The Assembly is composed of 150 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 128,652...

 in 1848. He was District Attorney of St. Lawrence County from 1848 to 1853.

He was one of the directors of "The Great Northern Lead Company" which was incorporated on September 8, 1852, at Rossie, New York

Rossie, New York

Rossie is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 787 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the sister of an early land owner....

, and operated a lead mine for a few years.

He was New York State Attorney General

New York State Attorney General

The New York State Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of New York. The office has been in existence in some form since 1626, under the Dutch colonial government of New York.The current Attorney General is Eric Schneiderman...

 from 1860 to 1861, elected on the Republican and American

Know Nothing

The Know Nothing was a movement by the nativist American political faction of the 1840s and 1850s. It was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants, who were often regarded as hostile to Anglo-Saxon Protestant values and controlled by...

 tickets..

He was a canal appraiser

Erie Canal Commission

The New York State Legislature appointed in 1810 a Commission to Explore a Route for a Canal to Lake Erie, and Report which became known as the Erie Canal Commission...

 from 1873 to 1879.

Sources

• http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/myers.html Political Graveyard
• http://history.rays-place.com/ny/rossie-ny.htm History of Rossie, NY edited by Gates Curtis (The Boston History Co., 1894)
• http://www.oag.state.ny.us/previous_aglist.html List of New York Attorneys General, at Office of the NYSAG
• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
• A History of St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties, New York: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Franklin Benjamin Hough (Little & Co., 1853)
• Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York in 1861 by William D. Murphy (1861; pages 27ff)