James A. Wendell

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James A. Wendell (1903)

James Augustus Wendell (January 1, 1869 in Fort Plain, Montgomery County, New York – May 10, 1922 in Albany, Albany County, New York) was an American politician.

Life

He studied law for a time, but did not finish. Instead, he worked as a clerk at the Fort Plain National Bank. In 1894 he entered the Comptroller's department and remained there for the rest of his life. For ten years he was Deputy Comptroller and in 1920 was elected New York State Comptroller on the Republican ticket. At the time, he was the first state cabinet officer who had been a career employee of his department.

In 1920, his predecessor Eugene M. Travis, Wendell and bond broker Albert L. Judson were indicted on charges of grand larceny. It was charged that Travis as Comptroller and Wendell as Deputy Comptroller had bought from Judson bonds at prices above the market for the State Sinking Fund, and so caused the loss of $230,000 for the State. The charges were dismissed in October 1921 because of lack of evidence to show criminal intent.

He died of apoplexy.

Sources

His father's obit in NYT on June 20, 1915
The indictments, in NYT on December 30, 1920
The impending prosecution, in NYT on April 7, 1921
The trial continues, questions of jurisdiction, in NYT on June 28, 1921
Charges dismissed, in NYT on October 7, 1921
Obit in NYT on May 11, 1922

Political offices
Preceded by Eugene M. Travis	New York State Comptroller 1921–1922	Succeeded by William J. Maier

v t e New York State Comptrollers

Sands* Curtenius Jones Henry Jenkins McIntyre Savage Marcy S Wright Flagg Cooke Collier Flagg Fillmore Hunt Fuller J Wright Cook Burrows Church Denniston Robinson Hillhouse Allen Nichols Hopkins Robinson Olcott Wadsworth Davenport Chapin Wemple Campbell Roberts Morgan Gilman Knight Miller Kelsey Wilson Glynn Gaus Kelsey* Williams Sohmer Travis Wendell Maier Fleming Murphy Tremaine Yates* O'Leary Moore McGovern Levitt Regan McCall Hevesi Sanzillo* DiNapoli

* as Auditor General, as Auditor, * Acting

Persondata
Name	Wendell, James Augustus
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	January 1, 1869
Place of birth
Date of death	May 10, 1922
Place of death

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