Edward Samuel Lacey (November 26, 1835 – October 2, 1916) was a

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from the

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and

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from 1889 to 1892.Edward S. Lacey
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Biography

Lacey was born in

Chili, New York Chili ( ) is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 29,123 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of the city of Rochester, established in 1822 from part of the town of Riga. North Chili was a stop on the Underground R ...

and moved with his parents to

Branch County, Michigan Branch County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 44,862. The county seat is Coldwater. One of the " cabinet counties", it was named for John Branch, U.S. Secretary of the Navy under Presiden ...

, in October 1842, and then to

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in March 1843. He attended the public schools and

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and engaged in various business pursuits and in banking. He was a resident of

Kalamazoo Kalamazoo ( ) is a city in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 73,598. It is the principal city of the Kalamazoo–Portage metropolitan are ...

, 1853–1857 and moved to Charlotte, where he was register of deeds for Eaton County, 1860–1864, and the mayor of Charlotte in 1871. He was also trustee of the Michigan Asylum for the Insane 1874–1880, and a delegate to the

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in 1876. Lacey was elected as a Republican to represent

Michigan's 3rd congressional district Michigan's 3rd congressional district is a List of United States congressional districts, U.S. congressional district in West Michigan. From 2003 to 2013, it consisted of the counties of Barry County, Michigan, Barry and Ionia County, Michigan, ...

in the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1885. Lacey declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1884. He also served as chairman of the

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, 1882–1884. He was commissioned by

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to be

on April 17, 1889, and was reappointed December 16, 1889, serving until his resignation in 1892. He moved to

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and again engaged in banking. He died in

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and is interred in Maple Hill Cemetery, in Charlotte, Michigan.

References

External links

The Political Graveyard
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lacey, Edward 1835 births 1916 deaths United States comptrollers of the currency Comptrollers in the United States Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan People from Chili, New York People from Branch County, Michigan Politicians from Kalamazoo, Michigan People from Charlotte, Michigan Benjamin Harrison administration personnel 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives