Charles T. Saxton

Charles Terry Saxton (born July 2, 1846 in Clyde , Wayne County , New York , † October 23, 1903 in Rochester , Monroe County , New York) was an American lawyer, judge and politician ( Republican Party ). He was the son of Daniel Saxton and Eliza A. Saxton.

Career

Charles Terry Saxton attended Clyde High School .

After the outbreak of the American Civil War , he enlisted in the Union Army . He served throughout the war in the 19th Regiment of the New York Volunteers, where he last held the rank of major . Saxton took part in the Red River campaign and the siege of Port Hudson . After the war he studied law and also worked as a lawyer. He later served as Justice of the Peace and President of Clyde.

Saxton took part in 1884 as a substitute delegate (English alternate delegate ) and in 1900 as an officially elected delegate to the Republican National Conventions . He was a member of the New York State Assembly between 1887 and 1889 . During this time he chaired the Judiciary Committee in 1888 . In addition, he was responsible for the Ballot Reform Bill , secured its passage in both chambers, the Assembly and the Senate , but failed due to a veto by Governor David B. Hill in 1888 and again in 1889.

Saxton was a member of the New York Senate between 1890 and 1894, where he held the post of President pro Tempore in 1894 . In response to the governor's objections, he made some changes to the Ballot Reform Bill in 1890 so that it could eventually be passed and enacted. He was also largely responsible for the passage and enactment of the Electric Execution Bill .

He was also active in 1891 as a chancellor at Union College . College awarded him an LL.D.

He then held the post of Lieutenant Governor of New York between 1895 and 1896 . He was elected as running mate of Governor Levi P. Morton in 1894 . On November 19, 1896, his wife Helen M. Saxton died in Clyde.

On March 30, 1897, he was appointed first judge in the New York Administrative Court. He took up the post on January 1, 1898 and held a six-year term. Until the end of 1897, the chamber existed as a Board of Claims , which consisted of three commissioners. He was elected Chief Judge and held the post until his death.

Due to a deteriorating state of health, he went to Clifton Springs (New York) in the fall of 1903 , but his health did not improve there. After several weeks he was taken to the City Hospital in Rochester, where he died a week later.

literature

• His career, in NYT on September 19, 1894 (giving birthdate erroneously as July 25)
• Obit in NYT on October 24, 1903

Web links

• The Political Graveyard

Individual evidence

1. ↑ His wife's death notice in NYT on November 20, 1896
2. ^ Appointed to the Court of Claims. in NYT on March 31, 1897