Frank Willey Clancy (15 January 1852 – 1 September 1928) was

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(1909–1916), as well as Mayor of

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(1898).

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Clancy was born on 15 January 1852 in

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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

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(now

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) in

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. He moved to

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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

. 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 Santa Fe ( ; , Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; tew, Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white shell water place'; tiw, Hulp'ó'ona, label=Tiwa language, Northern Tiwa; nv, Yootó, Navajo for 'bead + water place') is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. ...

, 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

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. In 1892 he left Santa Fe and returned to Albuquerque. The same year he became a Regent at the

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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

. In 1901 he became

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for

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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

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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

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, living again in Santa Fe. From 1923-1924 he was the President of the

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. He died on 1 September 1928 in Santa Fe.

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