William Barret Ridgely

William Ridgely
William Ridgely
11th Comptroller of the Currency
	In office; October 1, 1901 - March 28, 1908
President	Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded by	Charles G. Dawes
Succeeded by	Lawrence O. Murray
Personal details
Born	July 19, 1858; Springfield, Illinois
Died	April 30, 1920 (aged 61); Washington, D.C.
Education	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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William Barret Ridgely (July 19, 1858 – April 30, 1920) was a United States Comptroller of the Currency from 1901 to 1908.

Biography

William B. Ridgely attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he was a member of the Chi Phi fraternity. Upon his graduation from RPI in 1881, Ridgely engaged in mining, manufacturing, and banking in Illinois before President Theodore Roosevelt named him Comptroller in 1901.[1] During his term, Congress passed legislation extending the corporate existence of the national banks for the second time. Ridgely resigned as Comptroller to accept the presidency of a national bank in Missouri, which had failed the previous year and was reorganized under his leadership. In 1909 he returned to private business in the Eastern states.

Ridgely died in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 1920.[2]

References

William B. Ridgely: Recently Appointed Comptroller Of The Currency, The Successful American, p. 600 (November 1901)
Sorley, Merrow Egerton (1979). Lewis of Warner Hall: The History of a Family. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. p. 782. ISBN 9780806308319. Retrieved April 3, 2023 – via Internet Archive.

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[ridge1-1] William B. Ridgely: Recently Appointed Comptroller Of The Currency, The Successful American, p. 600 (November 1901)

[Ref2-2] Sorley, Merrow Egerton (1979). Lewis of Warner Hall: The History of a Family. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. p. 782. ISBN 9780806308319. Retrieved April 3, 2023 – via Internet Archive.