Charles S. Hamlin

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Charles S. Hamlin (1913)

Charles Sumner Hamlin (born August 30, 1861 in Boston , Massachusetts , † April 25, 1938 in Washington, DC ) was an American attorney and first chairman of the Federal Reserve System between 1914 and 1916 .

Life

After schooling completed Hamlin studying law at the Law School of Harvard University and graduated in 1886 from. He then worked as a lawyer before he was the first Assistant Secretary in the US Treasury Department in the government of President Grover Cleveland between 1893 and 1897 . Hamlin, who was lecturer in administrative law at Harvard University between 1902 and 1903 , first applied for the office of governor of Massachusetts in 1902 , but was defeated by incumbent Republican lieutenant governor John L. Bates .

He then resumed his practice as a lawyer, before he ran again for governor of Massachusetts in 1910, this time defeated by Democratic Congressman Eugene Foss .

After he was Vice President of the Woodrow Wilson College Men's League and President of the Woodrow Wilson League in Massachusetts in 1912 , he was again Assistant Secretary in the Treasury Department in 1913 in the administration of President Wilson .

On August 10, 1914, after the establishment of the Federal Reserve System, Hamlin became its first chairman as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. He held this position for two years until he was replaced by William Harding on August 10, 1916.

Publications

Hamlin also published a number of textbooks on statistics and financial issues such as:

  • Index Digest of Interstate Commerce Laws (1907)
  • Index Digest of the Federal Reserve Bulletin (1921)

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personal data
SURNAME Hamlin, Charles S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hamlin, Charles Sumner (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1938
Place of death Washington, DC