- Charles H. Gaus
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Charles Henry Gaus (September 1, 1840 Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio - October 31, 1909, in the Laurentian Mountains, Quebec, Canada) was an American businessman and politician.
Life
He was born of German parents in Ohio, but the family moved to Brooklyn, New York when he was two years old. In 1857 he went to Albany, New York, and worked at his uncle's drugstore. He fought in the American Civil War. In 1874, he opened his own drugstore on the corner of Washington Av. and Lark St. in Albany.
Gaus was an expert marksman, winning the Wimbledon Cup in 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1892.
In Albany, he was at times a supervisor, School Commissioner, City Street Commissioner and City Assessor, and was Mayor from 1902 to 1908. He was New York State Comptroller from January 1, 1909, until his death, elected in 1908. He was ill most of the time, and First Deputy Comptroller Otto Kelsey actually ran the office.
Gaus died from pneumonia during a vacation at a hunting lodge on the preserve of the Bourbinnais-Kiamika Club on Long Lake in the Laurentian Mountains. He was buried at Albany Rural Cemetery.
Sources
- [1] Obit in NYT, on November 1, 1907
- The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Gatesman to Gayheart at politicalgraveyard.com Political Graveyard
Political offices Preceded by
James Henry BlessingMayor of Albany, New York
1902 - 1908Succeeded by
Henry F. SnyderPreceded by
Martin H. GlynnNew York State Comptroller
1909Succeeded by
Otto Kelsey
ActingNew York State Comptrollers Sands* • Curtenius** • Jones • Henry • Jenkins • McIntyre • Savage • Marcy • S Wright • Flagg • Cooke • Collier • Flagg • Fillmore • Hunt • Fuller • J Wright • Cook • Burrows • Church • Denniston • Robinson • Hillhouse • Allen • Nichols • Hopkins • Robinson • Olcott • Wadsworth • Davenport • Chapin • Wemple • Campbell • Roberts • Morgan • Gilman • Knight • Miller • Kelsey • Wilson • Glynn • Gaus • Kelsey*** • Williams • Sohmer • Travis • Wendell • Maier • Fleming • Murphy • Tremaine • Yates*** • O'Leary • Moore • McGovern • Levitt • Regan • McCall • Hevesi • Sanzillo*** • DiNapoli
* as Auditor General, ** as Auditor, *** ActingCategories:- 1840 births
- 1909 deaths
- American people of German descent
- New York State Comptrollers
- People from Zanesville, Ohio
- Mayors of Albany, New York
- Deaths from pneumonia
- Burials at Albany Rural Cemetery
- Infectious disease deaths in Quebec
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