Tuesday, March 28, 2006
14. Frank Willey Clancy, 1852-1928
Clancy ancestors on our mother's side
Frank Willey Clancy (15 January 1852 - 01 September 1928). He was Attorney General of New Mexico (1909-1916), as well as Mayor of Albuquerque (1898).
1852: Born 15 January 1852 at Dover, New Hampshire. Son of Michael Albert Clancy and Lydia Ardilla Willey. Brother of Harry Smith Clancy.
1873: LL. B from law school at Columbian Ubiversity, now George Washington University, in Washington, DC.
1874-1877: Lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1874: Admitted to bar in New Mexico.
1875-1876: Clerk of District court Second District in Albuquerque.
1877-1879: Lived in East.
1877: Secretary to Assistant Secretary of Treasury, R.C. McCormick.
1877-1879: Secretary to same as U.S. Commissioner-General to Paris Exposition.
1879-1891: Lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1879: Married Charlotte Jane Cawthorne Swallow on 30 October 1878. She was daughter of Reverend Benjamin Swallow, and was born in London, England.
1879-1883: Clerk of District and Supreme Courts in New Mexico.
1889: Member of New Mexico Constutuional Convention.
1891: President of New Mexico Bar Association.
1892: Moved back to Albuquerque.
1892-1909: Regent at University of New Mexico.
1896: Attorney; lived at 314 N. 6th Street.
1898-1899: Mayor of Albuquerque from April 1898 to April 1899.
1901-1909: District Attorney for Bernalillo County.
1906: Delegate to New Mexico Constitutional Convention.
1909-1916: Attorney General of New Mexico. Lived at 911 W. Copper.
1912: Governor McDonald requested Clancy to determine the boundary between New Mexico and Texas.
????-????: Special Counsel for New Mexico in suits against Colorado and Texas.
1913-1914: President of Territorial Board of Education. Lived in Santa Fe.
1923-1924: President of New Mexico Historical Society.
1928: Died 01 September 1928 in Santa Fe.
Bibliography, and 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.
Frank Willey Clancy (15 January 1852 - 01 September 1928). He was Attorney General of New Mexico (1909-1916), as well as Mayor of Albuquerque (1898).
1852: Born 15 January 1852 at Dover, New Hampshire. Son of Michael Albert Clancy and Lydia Ardilla Willey. Brother of Harry Smith Clancy.
1873: LL. B from law school at Columbian Ubiversity, now George Washington University, in Washington, DC.
1874-1877: Lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1874: Admitted to bar in New Mexico.
1875-1876: Clerk of District court Second District in Albuquerque.
1877-1879: Lived in East.
1877: Secretary to Assistant Secretary of Treasury, R.C. McCormick.
1877-1879: Secretary to same as U.S. Commissioner-General to Paris Exposition.
1879-1891: Lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1879: Married Charlotte Jane Cawthorne Swallow on 30 October 1878. She was daughter of Reverend Benjamin Swallow, and was born in London, England.
1879-1883: Clerk of District and Supreme Courts in New Mexico.
1889: Member of New Mexico Constutuional Convention.
1891: President of New Mexico Bar Association.
1892: Moved back to Albuquerque.
1892-1909: Regent at University of New Mexico.
1896: Attorney; lived at 314 N. 6th Street.
1898-1899: Mayor of Albuquerque from April 1898 to April 1899.
1901-1909: District Attorney for Bernalillo County.
1906: Delegate to New Mexico Constitutional Convention.
1909-1916: Attorney General of New Mexico. Lived at 911 W. Copper.
1912: Governor McDonald requested Clancy to determine the boundary between New Mexico and Texas.
????-????: Special Counsel for New Mexico in suits against Colorado and Texas.
1913-1914: President of Territorial Board of Education. Lived in Santa Fe.
1923-1924: President of New Mexico Historical Society.
1928: Died 01 September 1928 in Santa Fe.
Bibliography, and 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.
