Morris S. Tremaine

Morris Sawyer Tremaine (born February 27, 1871 in Fort Dodge , Kansas , † October 12, 1941 ) was an American businessman and politician .

Career

Morris Sawyer Tremaine, son of William Scott Tremaine, a New York military doctor stationed at Fort Dodge and one of the founders of the town of Dodge City in 1872 , was born in Ford County in 1871 . The Tremaines were an old Cornish American family.

He lived in Buffalo, New York, where he started working on the docks as a tally boy at the age of 17. Over time, he founded an insurance company, a lumber company, and a steel door company before going into politics as a Democrat . On 21 June 1898 he married Maude Middledith in Plainfield ( New Jersey ).

He was elected New York State Comptroller in the 1926 election and was re-elected in 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, and 1938. He held the post from 1927 until his death in 1941.

He once said the following:

"Those who believe that we have reached the limit of business progress and employment opportunity in this country are like the farmer who had two windmills and pulled one down because he was afraid there was not enough wind for both."

Individual evidence

^ Rowse, AL The Cousin Jacks, The Cornish in America

literature

Tremaine-Middledith , The New York Times, June 22, 1898

Web links

Morris S. Tremaine on The Political Graveyard website

personal data
SURNAME	Tremaine, Morris S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tremaine, Morris Sawyer (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American businessman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 27, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fort Dodge , Kansas
DATE OF DEATH	October 12, 1941

[1] Rowse, AL The Cousin Jacks, The Cornish in America