Charles Manville Sawyer was the first governor (president) of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City covers the 10th District of the Federal Reserve, which includes Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and portions of western Missouri and northern New Mexico. The Bank has branches in Denver, Oklahoma City, and Omaha. The current president is...

 from 1914 to 1916.

Sawyer was born on a farm near Streator, Illinois. In 1887 he moved to Norton, Kansas

Norton, Kansas

Norton is a city in and the county seat of Norton County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,928.-History:...

 where he was a cashier at the First National Bank of Norton.

After serving a stint as a bank examiner he became president of the Norton bank, president of the Kansas Bankers Association in 1898 and was appointed by George H. Hodges

George H. Hodges

George Hartshorn Hodges was an American politician and the 19th Governor of Kansas . Before elected governor, he served in the state legislature as a senator from 1905 to 1913, where he was particularly active on the railroad committee in the senate and known for leading the charge for progressive...

 to be Kansas Bank Commissioner in 1913. In 1914 he was named to be president of the Federal Reserve. In 1916 he swapped positions with Jo Zach Miller Jr. with Miller, who was chairman of the Kansas City Federal Reserve.

He died in Hollywood, California.