Addison Beecher Colvin (December 15, 1858 in

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– June 21, 1939 in Glens Falls, Warren County, New York) was an American businessman, banker and politician.

Life

He was the son of Hiram K. Colvin and Sara Ann Cowels Colvin. On May 16, 1883, he married Maria Louise Hees at

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, and they had three daughters. He was

New York State Treasurer The New York State Treasurer was a state cabinet officer in the State of New York (state), New York between 1776 and 1926. During the re-organization of the state government under Governor Al Smith, the office was abolished and its responsibilities ...

from 1894 to 1898, elected in

1893 Events January * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * January 6 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress; th ...

and

1895 Events January * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island (off French Guiana) on what is much later admitted to be a false charge of tr ...

on the Republican ticket. He appointed his brother-in-law Deputy Treasurer. He was President of the Glens Falls Gaslight Company, Vice President of the Herkimer, Mohawk, Ilion and Frankfort Railway, and owner of the ''Glens Falls Daily Times'' and the ''Glens Falls Weekly Messenger''. He was buried at Pineview Cemetery in Glens Falls.

Sources

RootsWeb: COLVIN-L RE: (COLVIN-L) Addison B. Colvin
at archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com Short bio transcribed from ''Who Was Who in America'' (Vol. III, pg. 175), at rootsweb

His "inauguration ceremony", in NYT on January 5, 1894

The State money deposit controversy, in NYT on January 9, 1894

A listing of his "titles", in NYT on September 17, 1895

Short bios of the re-elected state officers, in NYT on November 6, 1895 (giving wrong birth year) {{DEFAULTSORT:Colvin, Addison Beecher 1858 births 1939 deaths New York state treasurers Politicians from Glens Falls, New York 19th-century American railroad executives American bankers