Charles Sumner Hamlin

Charles Sumner Hamlin
File:Charles Hamlin.jpg Hamlin in 1913
Born	(1861-08-30)August 30, 1861 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	Washington, D.C.
Education	Harvard University (1886)
Title	Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Term	1914-1916
Predecessor	None
Successor	William Proctor Gould Harding
Spouse(s)	Huybertje Lansing Pruyn (April 8, 1878 – March 6, 1964)

Charles Sumner Hamlin (August 30, 1861 – April 24, 1938) was an American lawyer. He was the first Chairman of the Federal Reserve, serving from 1914 to 1916.

Biography

Charles Sumner Hamlin was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 30, 1861, and graduated from Harvard University in 1886. From 1893 to 1897 and again from 1913 to 1914 he was the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. He twice ran unsuccessfully for governor of Massachusetts, in 1902 and 1910. On August 10, 1914, he was appointed the first Chairman of the Federal Reserve and served in that capacity until August 10, 1916. He lectured at Harvard on government in 1902 and 1903; In 1912 was vice president of the Woodrow Wilson College Men's League and president of the Woodrow Wilson League of Massachusetts; and he published, besides pamphlets on statistical and financial subjects, an Index Digest of Interstate Commerce Laws (1907) and the Index Digest of the Federal Reserve Bulletin (1921).

Hamlin died in Washington, D.C. on April 24, 1938. He was buried at Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.

Family

In 1898 Sumner married Huybertje Lansing Pruyn (April 8, 1878 – March 6, 1964), the daughter of John V. L. Pruyn and granddaughter of Amasa J. Parker.

Legacy

Hamlin's papers are archived at the Library of Congress.

External links

• Charles S. Hamlin Papers from the Library of Congress, including diaries from his time as Governor of the Federal Reserve Board
• Statements and Speeches of Charles S. Hamlin

Government offices
Preceded by (none)	Chairman of the Federal Reserve 1914–1916	Succeeded by William P. G. Harding