Charles L. Craig
{{short description|New York City Comptroller}}
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| name = Charles Lacy Craig
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| office = New York City Comptroller
| term_start = 1918
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| term_end = 1925
| birth_date = March 9, 1872
| birth_place = Arcola, Illinois
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| alma_mater = Washington University in St. Louis
Columbia University Law School
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Charles Lacy Craig (March 9, 1872 – August 7, 1935) was the New York City Comptroller from 1918 to 1925.
Biography
He was born March 9, 1872, in Arcola, Illinois.{{cite news |title=Charles L. Craig Dies in California. Former City Controller, 63, Is Stricken While Making a Motor Tour With Wife |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/08/07/archives/charles-l-craig-dies-in-california-former-citycontroller-63-is.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 7, 1935 |access-date=2011-02-01 }} He graduated from Washington University. He attended and graduated from Columbia University Law School.
In 1921 he was convicted for contempt of court and received a 60-day jail sentence for criticizing federal judge Julius Mayer and that conviction was upheld by the New York Supreme Court in 1923, but remitted by President Coolidge that year.{{cite news |title=Remission |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,717167,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222162738/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,717167,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 22, 2008 |quote=Comptroller Charles L. Craig of New York City whose conviction for contempt of court was upheld by the Supreme Court escaped from serving his sentence of 60 days in prison. In New York politics his conviction for having criticized a judge conducting a hearing on a local traction company, was an emblem of martyrdom. The case was taken to President Coolidge, Republicans urging executive pardon to prevent Mr. Craig (a Democrat) from posing further as a martyr.|work=Time |date=December 10, 1923 |access-date=2011-02-01 }}
He died on August 7, 1935, at the Hotel Senator in Sacramento, California.
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| title = New York City Comptroller
| before = William A. Prendergast
| after = Charles W. Berry
| years = 1918–1925
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Category:New York City comptrollers
Category:Columbia Law School alumni
Category:People from Arcola, Illinois
Category:Washington University in St. Louis alumni
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