Charles S. Cary

Charles S. Cary (November 25, 1827 – August 7, 1906) was a New York lawyer, politician and railroad executive who served as Solicitor of the United States Treasury.

He attended Alfred Academy and in 1850 graduated from State and National Law School in Ballston Spa.

[1] During the Civil War Cary served as enrollment commissioner for a district that included western New York, and from 1865 to 1866 he was the federal collector of internal revenue for the same district.

[2][3] In 1875 Cary was the Democratic nominee for the United States House of Representatives in a special election held to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Augustus F. Allen, and lost narrowly to Republican Nelson I. Norton.

In addition, he was a vice president of the Coudersport and Port Allegheny Railroad.