Life

He was the Republican boss of the Twenty-Seventh Assembly District in New York City

New York City

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, and had a law office at 55, Liberty Street

Liberty Street (Manhattan)

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On May 3, 1900, he was appointed by Comptroller William J. Morgan

William J. Morgan (New York)

William James Morgan was an American newspaper editor and politician.-Life:He came to the United States when 10 years old, and attended the public schools in Buffalo, New York....

 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

Otto Kelsey

Otto Goodell Kelsey was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:...

, and became Acting Comptroller upon Kelsey's resignation in May 1906. After months of delay, he finally was appointed New York State Comptroller

New York State Comptroller

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 by Governor Frank W. Higgins

Frank W. Higgins

Frank Wayland Higgins was an American politician. He was a delegate to the 1888 Republican National Convention, and a member of the New York State Senate from 1894 to 1902. He was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1903 to 1904, elected in 1902; and Governor of New York from 1905 to 1906,...

 on November 8, 1906, to serve for the remainder of Kelsey's unexpired term.

Sources

• http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=980DEFDF1F3CE433A25753C3A9629C946197D6CF The choice for tax appraisers, in NYT on April 30, 1900
• http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9400E7DC1F3CE433A25757C0A9639C946197D6CF His appointment as tax appraiser, in NYT on May 4, 1900
• http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F05E1D61531E733A25750C0A9639C946797D6CF Kelsey's appointment as Supt. of Insurance, and resignation as Comptroller, in NYT on May 3, 1906
• http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E0DEEDB1631E733A2575AC0A9679D946797D6CF His appointment as Comptroller, in NYT on November 9, 1906
• http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilsons-winford.html Political Graveyard (name misspelled)