Morris S. Tremaine
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Morris S. Tremaine | |
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| New York State Comptroller | |
| In office 1927–1941 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Morris Sawyer Tremaine February 27, 1871 Fort Dodge,Kansas |
| Died | October 12, 1941(aged 70) Albany,New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
Morris Sawyer Tremaine(February 27, 1871 – October 12, 1941) was an American businessman andDemocratic Partypolitician fromBuffalo, New York.He served asNew York State Comptrollerfor almost 15 years.
Life[edit]
Tremaine was born inFort Dodge, Kansason February 27, 1871. He was the son of William Scott Tremaine, an army surgeon from New York stationed at Fort Dodge, who was among the founders of the Town ofDodge City, Kansasin 1872. Tremaine lived with his family at Fort Dodge and inCobourg,Ontario,Canadabefore they settled inBuffalo, New Yorkwhen he was 10 years old.
Tremaine attended both public and private schools in Buffalo, and graduated fromUpper Canada CollegeinTorontoat the age of 17. He started work at age 17 as a tally boy on the Buffalo docks for the Holland, Graves & Montgomery wholesale lumber firm. (Tally boys aided ship's crews and merchants in the counting and weighing of cargo being loaded and unloaded.) He worked his way through the company ranks to become a salesman, and later opened and managed aNew York Citybranch office.
In 1897, Tremaine was appointed secretary of a wholesale lumber business, Montgomery Bros. & Co. In 1903 he was appointed president of the Toledo Fire & Marine Insurance Company. In 1905 he was named president of the National Lumber Insurance Company of Buffalo. Also in 1905, Tremaine became vice president of the Montgomery Lumber Company of Suffolk, Virginia. In 1914, he joined the J. G. Wilson Corporation, makers of rolling steel doors and folding partitions, and he was the company's president when he retired in 1930. In 1923, he was elected vice president of Smith, Fassett & Co., a wholesale lumber dealer inNorth Tonawanda,New York. Tremaine served on the board of directors of the National Wholesale Lumber Association. He was also an organizer of the King Sewing Machine Company, which was later purchased bySears, Roebuck & Co.
DuringWorld War ITremaine was involved in organizing severalLiberty Loanbond drives, in addition to being one of the largest purchasers of the bonds himself.
Tremaine wasNew York State Comptrollerfrom 1927 to 1941, elected in1926,1928,1930,1932,1934,1936,and1938.He died inAlbany, New Yorkon October 12, 1941, while in the middle of his seventh term. He was buried atForest Lawn Cemeteryin Buffalo.
Family[edit]
On June 21, 1898, he married Maude Middledith inPlainfield, New Jersey.[1]They were the parents of two sons, businessmen Lawrence Tremaine of Buffalo, and James G. Tremaine of New York City.
References[edit]
- ^"Tremaine -- Middledith"(PDF).New York Times.1898-06-22.Retrieved2017-07-18.
External links[edit]
- The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Trelease to Trimbellat politicalgraveyard Political Graveyard
- Quotes by Morris S. Tremaineat famousquotes Famous Quotes
- "First Year".Time.1934-05-21. Archived fromthe originalon October 24, 2012.Retrieved2008-08-10.The Securities Act of 1933, inTIMEmagazine on May 21, 1934
- EARLY FORD COUNTY, by Ida Ellen Rath, Ch. 3 | Dodge City Town Company | Dodge City, Kansas KSat skyways.lib.ks.us The Dodge City Town Company, at skyways