Daniel Richard Crissinger

Daniel Richard Crissinger (December 10, 1860 – July 12, 1942) was a U.S. banker and lawyer. He served as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board between 1923 and 1927.[1]

Daniel Crissinger
3rd Chair of the Federal Reserve
In office May 1, 1923 – September 15, 1927
President	Warren Harding Calvin Coolidge
Deputy	Edmund Platt
Preceded by	William Harding
Succeeded by	Roy Young
Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
In office May 1, 1923 – September 15, 1927
President	Warren Harding Calvin Coolidge
Preceded by	William Harding
Succeeded by	Roy Young
14th Comptroller of the Currency
In office March 17, 1921 - March 30, 1923
President	Warren G. Harding
Preceded by	John Skelton Williams
Succeeded by	Henry M. Dawes
Personal details
Born	December 10, 1860 Tully Township, Ohio, U.S.
Died	July 12, 1942 (aged 81) Marion, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of Akron (BS) University of Cincinnati (LLB)

Biography

Crissinger was born on December 10, 1860 to John M. Crissinger a leading lumberjack tradesman and Margaret (Ganzhorn) Crissinger a German immigrant in Tully Township, Marion County, Ohio. He was named after his grand-uncle Daniel Crissinger and was an only child after his brother died at infancy.[2] Crissinger was educated in Caledonia, Ohio, and graduated from Caledonia High School in 1880. He spent one year as a grade school teacher and he worked for one year in the high school.

He attended Buchtel College in Akron, Ohio and graduated 1885. He studied law with Judge William Z. Davis in Marion, Ohio until he began formal study at the University of Cincinnati. After graduation in June 1886, he became a partner of Judge Davis.

In 1893 Crissinger was elected city solicitor of Marion, Ohio. He served in several partnerships and was nominated for Congress in 1904 and 1906 as a Democrat. Crissinger was vice-president of City National Bank of Marion, Ohio at the time of its founding and he became president of the bank in 1911. He held other posts including director of Marion Steam Shovel Company, president of National City Bank & Trust Company, director and vice-president of the Marion Union Stock Yards Company director, a director and treasurer of the Marion Packing Company, a director of the Marion County Telephone Company, and president of the Marion Cemetery Association.

Crissinger was nominated in 1921 by Republican President Warren G. Harding, who was a friend and neighbor in Ohio, to serve as the 14th Comptroller of the Currency. He became the 3rd Chairman of the Federal Reserve in 1923 and he served under presidents Harding and Coolidge.[1]

He died on July 12, 1942.[1]

References

1. United Press (July 13, 1942). "Daniel Crissinger, Aide of Harding. Lifelong Friend of President, Ex-Governor of the Federal Reserve Board, Dead. Leader in Marion, Ohio. Had Been Banker, Lawyer and Prosecuting Attorney. Quit Capital Post in 1927". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-10-28. Daniel Richard Crissinger, a friend of President Harding and ...
2. https://books.google.ca/books?id=ECFEAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

Further reading

• Denslow, William R., and Harry S. Truman. 10,000 famous Freemasons. Trenton, Missouri: Missouri Lodge of Research, 1957
• Kane, Thomas P. The Romance and Tragedy of Banking. New York: The Bankers Publishing Co, 1923.
• Meltzer, Allan H. (2003). A History of the Federal Reserve – Volume 1: 1913–1951. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 156–224. ISBN 978-0226520001.

External links

• Statements and Speeches of Daniel R. Crissinger