Otto Kelsey

Otto Goodell Kelsey (born November 11, 1852 in Rochester , New York , † August 20, 1934 in Perry , New York) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican Party ).

Career

Otto Goodell Kelsey, son of Lucretia Parson Bacon († 1868) and Senator from Wisconsin Charles S. Kelsey (* 1822), was born in Monroe County in 1852 . His youth was overshadowed by the civil war. He became a printer . He then studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1875 and then began to practice in Geneseo, New York.

Kelsey sat in the New York State Assembly for Livingston County in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, and 1902 . In November 1902 he ran for the post of magistrate in Livingston County, but was unexpectedly defeated. In the following years, his party friends forced Theodore P. Gilman to resign as First Deputy Comptroller, and appointed Kelsey to his position. When the New York State Comptroller Nathan Lewis Miller was appointed to the New York Supreme Court , Kelsey was appointed New York State Comptroller to fill his vacancy. In the elections in 1904, he was elected for a full term.

The governor of New York Frank W. Higgins appointed him on May 2, 1906 for a three-year term as Superintendent of Insurance, and then stepped back. In the spring of 1907 Kelsey was asked by the new governor of New York Charles Evans Hughes to resign, but Kelsey refused to do so. The governor then asked the New York Senate to dismiss Kelsey on the grounds that he was while honest he utterly lacks in force and initiative. However, Kelsey was confirmed after a long hearing before the Judicial Committee on May 3, 1907 with 27 to 24 votes. Governor Hughes then appointed Matthew C. Fleming as Special Commissioner to oversee the Insurance Department. On February 2, 1908, he declared Kelsey unfit for the office in his report to the New York Senate, but Kelsey remained in office due to a large majority.

Eventually Kelsey resigned from the Insurance Department to be reappointed First Deputy Comptroller on January 1, 1909 , by New York State Comptroller Charles H. Gaus . In this capacity he served as New York State Comptroller after the death of Gaus until the official appointment of Clark Williams on November 11, 1909 to fill the vacancy. A few weeks later, Kelsey was forced to resign from his post as First Deputy Comptroller .

He died in Perry (New York) in 1934 after complications from a fall and was then buried in Geneseo (New York).

The Congressman William H. Kelsey (1812-1879) and the Senator from Wisconsin Edwin B. Kelsey (1826-1861) was his uncle.

literature

• The Rapid Transit Bill , The New York Times, April 12, 1901
• TP Gilman May Resign , The New York Times, December 29, 1902
• Deputy Gilman Will Stay , The New York Times, December 30, 1902
• Theodore Gilman May Resign , The New York Times, January 13, 1903
• Theodore P. Gilman Resigns , The New York Times, January 16, 1903
• Otto Kelsey Named To Succeed Hendricks , The New York Times, May 3, 1906
• NY Life Inspectors Explain To Kelsey , The New York Times, January 20, 1907
• Kelsey Appeals To Democrats , The New York Times, February 13, 1907
• Kelsey Wins - Vote 27 To 24 , The New York Times, May 3, 1907
• Loan Concern Pays 6 Cents On Dollar , The New York Times, Jan. 3, 1908
• Otto Kelsey Unfit, Fleming Declares , The New York Times, February 3, 1908
• Kelsey Deputy Controller , The New York Times, December 15, 1908
• Refuses To Restrain Kelsey , The New York Times, December 25, 1908
• Hughes To Fill Gaus's Appointment , The New York Times, November 11, 1909
• Kelsey Loses Office ET: Perine Gets It , The New York Times, November 20, 1909
• Otto Kelsey Dead , The New York Times, August 21, 1934