Francis E. Spinner

Francis Elias Spinner ( born January 21, 1802 in German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, † December 31, 1890 in Jacksonville, Florida ) was an American politician. Between 1855 and 1861 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives. He also held from 1861 to 1875 the office of Treasurer of the United States.

Career

Francis Spinner attended the public schools of his home. At times, he was also taught by his father. He then served an apprenticeship in a candy store. Since 1824 he worked in retail. He was also a member of the state militia, in which he rose in the course of time to major general. In 1829 he was appointed deputy sheriff in Herkimer County; 1834-1837 he was there sheriff. In 1838 he was one of the State Representative for the construction of the state mental hospital in Utica. Spinner has been renowned in the banking industry, where he cashier and later president of the Mohawk Bank was initially. In the meantime, he worked as State Inspector for the toll roads of his state. He also worked for some time as a school inspector. Between 1845 and 1849, Spinner worked as Deputy Naval Officer in New York Harbor. Politically, he joined the first at the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1854 Spinner was in the 17th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Bishop Perkins on March 4, 1855. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1861 three legislative periods. These were shaped by the events leading up to the Civil War. From 1857 he represented the Republican Party, to which he had converted. Since 1859 he was chairman of the Committee on Accounts. In 1860 he gave up another Congress candidate.

In 1861 Francis Spinner Treasurer of the United States ( Treasurer of the United States ) was appointed. This high official in the Finance Ministry is not to be confused with the Minister of Finance ( Secretary of the Treasury ). Spinner exercised this function between March 16, 1861, and July 16, 1875. He continued in this period for the first time by the employment of women in the ministry. In the year 1875, Spinner applied for the post of New York State Comptroller, but was defeated by Democrat Lucius Robinson. He then moved to Florida, where he spent his twilight years. He died on December 31, 1890 in the local Jacksonville.