Homer D. Call

Homer D. Call (born September 19, 1843 in Truxton , New York , † April 1929 ) was an American officer and politician . He was New York's Treasurer of State from 1914 to 1915 .

Career

Homer D. Call's youth were overshadowed by the economic crisis of 1837 and the subsequent Mexican-American War . During the Civil War , he enlisted on October 1, 1861 in Cortland (New York) as a corporal in the 76th  Infantry Regiment of New York. On December 13, 1862, he was wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg . In July 1863 he was promoted to Second Lieutenant and in February 1864 to First Lieutenant. Call was captured during the Battle of the Wilderness on May 5, 1864 and later released on word of honor. He resigned from the army in February 1865.

After the end of the war he settled in Syracuse (New York), where he worked as a meat cutter. He later ran a butcher and grocery store. Call was Secretary and Treasurer of Butchers and Meat Cutters in North America from 1897 to 1917 . He was also Vice President of the American Federation of Labor .

The Progressive Party and the Independence League nominated him in 1912 for the office of Secretary of State of New York. In the following election he suffered a defeat to the Democrat Mitchell May . On February 15, 1914, New York Treasurer of State John J. Kennedy committed suicide. At that time, neither the Democrats nor the Republicans had a majority in the New York State Legislature because of the 19 members of the Progressive Party . In the further course, the members of the Progressive Party suggested a deal to the Republicans, which they refused. They therefore teamed up with the Democrats. On February 25, 1914, Call was elected the new Treasurer of State for the remainder of Kennedy's term. In the election, 98 votes for Call and 96 votes from the Republicans to William Archer. It was agreed that all Democratic officials in the Treasury, including Deputy Treasurer of State George W. Batten , will retain their positions. In November 1914, Call ran for the Progressive Party and Independence League for re-election, but suffered a defeat to Republican James L. Wells .

literature

• Davenport As Running Mate , The New York Times, September 7, 1912
• Choose Homer Call As State Treasurer , The New York Times, February 26, 1914
• Bull Moose Riot And Oust Sulzer , The New York Times, August 28, 1914
• Citizens' Union Lists Delegates , The New York Times, October 25, 1914
• Quits "Friends Of Peace" , The New York Times, August 24, 1915
• The Samuel Gompers Papers , Volume 9, University of Illinois Press, 1986, ISBN 0-252-02380-3 , p. 506
• Thomas William Herringshaw: American blue-book of biography , American Publishers Association, 1914

Web links

• Homer D. Call on The Political Graveyard website
• 76th NY roster