Frank Willey Clancy (15 January 1852 – 1 September 1928) was
Attorney General of New Mexico
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(1909–1916), as well as Mayor of
Albuquerque
Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...
(1898).
Life
Clancy was born on 15 January 1852 in
Dover, New Hampshire
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, the son of Michael Albert Clancy and Lydia Ardilla Willey, and brother of Harry Smith Clancy.
In 1873 he graduated with a LL. B from the law school at
Columbian University
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(now
George Washington University
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) in
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. He moved to
Albuquerque
Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...
,
New Mexico
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in 1874, and was admitted to the bar in New Mexico. From 1875-1876 he was the Clerk of District court Second District in
Albuquerque
Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...
. In 1877 he moved East for two years, and became the Secretary to the Assistant Secretary of Treasury,
R.C. McCormick, remaining as McCormick's secretary when he appointed as U.S. Commissioner-General to the
Paris Exposition.
In 1879 he moved to
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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, where he married Charlotte Jane Cawthorne Swallow on 30 October 1879. She was the daughter of Reverend Benjamin Swallow, and was born in London, England. From 1879 to 1883 he was the Clerk of the District and Supreme Courts in New Mexico. In 1889 he became a member of the
New Mexico Constitutional Convention, and in 1891 became President of the
New Mexico Bar Association
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History
The State Bar of New Mexico first met on January 19, 1886 in Santa Fe, New Mexico as a voluntary professional organizati ...
. In 1892 he left Santa Fe and returned to Albuquerque. The same year he became a Regent at the
University of New Mexico
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, a post he would hold until 1909.
In 1896 he was a practising attorney, living at 314 N. 6th Street. From April 1898 to April 1899 he served as Mayor of
Albuquerque
Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...
. In 1901 he became
District Attorney
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for
Bernalillo County
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, and remained in this post 1909. In 1906 he was a delegate to the
New Mexico Constitutional Convention. From 1909 to 1916 he was
Attorney General
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of New Mexico, living at 911 W. Copper.
In 1912 Governor
William McDonald requested Clancy to determine the boundary between New Mexico and Texas. He also acted as Special Counsel for New Mexico in suits against Colorado and Texas. From 1913 to 1914 he was the President of the
Territorial Board of Equalization
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, living again in
Santa Fe. From 1923-1924 he was the President of the
New Mexico Historical Society
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.
He died on 1 September 1928 in
Santa Fe.
See also
*
Frank Bourg
Frank Clancy was sheriff and alleged American Mafia associate.
An old time political boss, Clancy had recently appeared before the Kefauver Committee and had testified that he had allowed organized crime figures to place 5,000 slot machines in ...
Further reading
*Agnew, Vesta. "Mayors of Albuquerque", ''New Mexico Genealogist'', Volume VII, Number 1 (March 1968), pp. 7.
*"Attorney General Clancy Passes Away at Home Here", ''Santa Fe Mew Mexican'', 1 September 1928, p. 4.
*Coan, Charles F. ''A History of New Mexico''. Volume III. Chicago and New York: American Historical Society, 1925.
*"Frank W. Clancy: Last of Old Lawyers Who Were Here in 1877". ''Santa Fe New Mexican'', 4 September 1928, pp. 4.
*''History of New Mexico: Its Resources and People''. Volume I. New York: Pacific States Publishing, 1907.
*Keleher, William A. ''Memoirs, 1892-1969: A New Mexico Item''. Santa Fe: Rydal, 1969.
*"Monument for Glorieta Battle Field". ''El Palacio'', Volume. XV, Number 8 (13 October 1923), pp. 135–136.
*Twitchell, Ralph Emerson. ''The Leading Facts of New Mexican History''. Volume II and Volume V. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Torch Press, 1912, 1917.
*W, P.A.F. "Necrology: Frank W. Clancy", ''New Mexico Historical Review'', Volume 3, pp. 421–425.
*''Who Was Who in America: A Companion Volume to Who's Who in America''. Volume I, 1897-1942: Biographies of the Non-living with Dates of Deaths Appended. Chicago: A.N. Marques, 1943.
References
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World Statesmen
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1852 births
1928 deaths
District attorneys in New Mexico
George Washington University Law School alumni
Mayors of Albuquerque, New Mexico
New Mexico Attorneys General
New Mexico Republicans
People from Dover, New Hampshire
Politicians from Santa Fe, New Mexico