page_title: Charles J. Folger
section_title: Public life
hierarchical_section_title: Charles J. Folger / Public life
caption_attribution_description: English: Engraved BEP portrait of U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Charles J. Folger
context_page_description: Charles James Folger was an American lawyer and politician. He served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1881 until his death.
context_section_description: In 1844, Folger was appointed to the bench of the Ontario County Court of Common Pleas, serving for about a year.
  He was a Republican member of the New York State Senate (26th D.) from 1862 to 1869, sitting in the 85th, 86th, 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st and 92nd New York State Legislatures. During his term he served as President pro tempore for four years and as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Folger served as a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1867–68 and to the 1868 Republican National Convention.
  Folger resigned from the State Senate in 1869, having been appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant to Assistant United States Treasurer in New York City. The following year, Folger was elected one of the first judges of the re-organized New York Court of Appeals. After the death of Sanford E. Church, Folger was appointed Chief Judge by Governor Alonzo B. Cornell on May 20, 1880, to fill the vacancy temporarily. In November he was elected to a full 14-year term as Chief Judge.
  In 1881, President James Garfield offered Folger the position of Attorney General, which he declined. Later that year, he resigned from the bench to accept an appointment by President Chester Arthur to serve as Secretary of the Treasury.  In 1883 he appointed Mifflin E. Bell to the Office of the Supervising Architect.
caption: Bureau of Engraving and Printing portrait of Folger as Secretary of the Treasury.
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