Charles Sumner Hamlin

Charles Sumner Hamlin
1st Chairman of the Federal Reserve
In office August 10, 1914 – August 9, 1916
President	Woodrow Wilson
Deputy	Frederic Adrian Delano
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	William P. G. Harding
Member of the Federal Reserve Board
In office August 10, 1914 – February 3, 1936
President	Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ralph Morrison
Personal details
Born	(1861-08-30)August 30, 1861 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	April 24, 1938(1938-04-24) (aged 76) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Huybertje Pruyn ​ (m. 1898)​
Education	Harvard University (BA, MA)
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Charles Sumner Hamlin (August 30, 1861 – April 24, 1938) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the first chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1914 to 1916. He previously served as the United States assistant secretary of the treasury from 1893 to 1897, and again from 1913 until 1914 when President Woodrow Wilson nominated him as one of the original members of the Federal Reserve Board. After his term as chairman, Hamlin continued to serve on the Board through 1936.^[1]