Frank Willey Clancy
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Frank Willey Clancy was Attorney General
of New Mexico
(1909–1916), as well as Mayor of Albuquerque (1898).
Attorney General
In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...
of New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
(1909–1916), as well as Mayor of Albuquerque (1898).
- 1852: Born 15 January 1852 at Dover, New HampshireDover, New HampshireDover is a city in Strafford County, New Hampshire, in the United States of America. The population was 29,987 at the 2010 census, the largest in the New Hampshire Seacoast region...
. Son of Michael Albert Clancy and Lydia Ardilla Willey. Brother of Harry Smith Clancy. - 1873: LL. B from law school at Columbian University, now George Washington UniversityGeorge Washington UniversityThe George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
, in Washington, DC. - 1874-1877: Lived in Albuquerque, New MexicoNew MexicoNew Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
. - 1874: Admitted to bar in New Mexico.
- 1875-1876: Clerk of District court Second District in Albuquerque.
- 1877-1879: Lived in East.
- 1877: Secretary to Assistant Secretary of Treasury, R.C. McCormick.
- 1877-1879: Secretary to same as U.S. Commissioner-General to Paris Exposition.
- 1879-1891: Lived in Santa Fe, New MexicoSanta Fe, New MexicoSanta Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...
. - 1879: Married Charlotte Jane Cawthorne Swallow on 30 October 1879. She was daughter of Reverend Benjamin Swallow, and was born in London, England.
- 1879-1883: Clerk of District and Supreme Courts in New Mexico.
- 1889: Member of New Mexico Constitutional Convention.
- 1891: President of New Mexico Bar Association.
- 1892: Moved back to Albuquerque.
- 1892-1909: Regent at University of New MexicoUniversity of New MexicoThe University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...
. - 1896: Attorney; lived at 314 N. 6th Street.
- 1898-1899: Mayor of Albuquerque from April 1898 to April 1899.
- 1901-1909: District AttorneyDistrict attorneyIn many jurisdictions in the United States, a District Attorney is an elected or appointed government official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offenses. The district attorney is the highest officeholder in the jurisdiction's legal department and supervises a staff of...
for Bernalillo County. - 1906: Delegate to New Mexico Constitutional Convention.
- 1909-1916: Attorney GeneralAttorney GeneralIn most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...
of New Mexico. Lived at 911 W. Copper. - 1912: Governor McDonald requested Clancy to determine the boundary between New Mexico and Texas.
- ????-????: Special Counsel for New Mexico in suits against Colorado and Texas.
- 1913-1914: President of Territorial Board of Equalization. Lived in Santa FeSanta Fe, New MexicoSanta Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...
. - 1923-1924: President of New Mexico Historical Society.
- 1928: Died 1 September 1928 in Santa FeSanta Fe, New MexicoSanta Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...
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Sources, and Further Reading
- Agnew, Vesta. "Mayors of Albuquerque", New Mexico Genealogist, Volume VII, Number 1 (March 1968), pp. 7.
- "Attorney General Clancy Passes Away at Home Here", Santa Fe Mew Mexican, 1 September 1928, p. 4.
- Coan, Charles F. A History of New Mexico. Volume III. Chicago and New York: American Historical Society, 1925.
- "Frank W. Clancy: Last of Old Lawyers Who Were Here in 1877". Santa Fe New Mexican, 4 September 1928, pp. 4.
- History of New Mexico: Its Resources and People. Volume I. New York: Pacific States Publishing, 1907.
- Keleher, William A. Memoirs, 1892-1969: A New Mexico Item. Santa Fe: Rydal, 1969.
- "Monument for Glorieta Battle Field". El Palacio, Volume. XV, Number 8 (13 October 1923), pp. 135–136.
- Twitchell, Ralph Emerson. The Leading Facts of New Mexican History. Volume II and Volume V. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Torch Press, 1912, 1917.
- W, P.A.F. "Necrology: Frank W. Clancy", New Mexico Historical Review, Volume 3, pp. 421–425.
- Who Was Who in America: A Companion Volume to Who's Who in America. Volume I, 1897-1942: Biographies of the Non-living with Dates of Deaths Appended. Chicago: A.N. Marques, 1943.