Filley was born in Lansingburg, New York. He received a private and academic education and entered commercial life as a clerk. He designed and controlled his own pottery patterns and became the largest importer and distributor of queensware in the Mississippi Valley. He became interested in politics and became the eighteenth mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, in 1863. He resigned from office because of illness after serving only one year of his two-year term.[1]
chauncey, ives, filley, october, 1829, september, 1923, united, states, politician, active, missouri, chauncey, filley18th, mayor, louis, missouriin, office, april, 1863, march, 1864preceded, bydaniel, taylorsucceeded, byjames, thomaspersonal, detailsborn, 182. Chauncey Ives Filley 17 October 1829 24 September 1923 was a United States politician active in Missouri Chauncey I Filley18th Mayor of St Louis MissouriIn office April 14 1863 March 19 1864Preceded byDaniel G TaylorSucceeded byJames S ThomasPersonal detailsBorn 1829 10 17 October 17 1829Lansingburgh New YorkDiedSeptember 24 1923 1923 09 24 aged 93 Overland MissouriPolitical partyRepublican Contents 1 Biography 2 Notes 3 References 4 External linksBiography editFilley was born in Lansingburg New York He received a private and academic education and entered commercial life as a clerk He designed and controlled his own pottery patterns and became the largest importer and distributor of queensware in the Mississippi Valley He became interested in politics and became the eighteenth mayor of St Louis Missouri in 1863 He resigned from office because of illness after serving only one year of his two year term 1 Filley was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions from 1864 to 1896 and was a member of the Republican National Committee from 1876 to 1892 He was a member of the convention which abolished slavery in the state From 1873 to 1878 he was postmaster of St Louis He is buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery Notes editThis article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations May 2013 Learn how and when to remove this message Missouri Democrat 1864 03 16 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a Missing or empty title help References editRines George Edwin ed 1920 Filley Chancey Ives Encyclopedia Americana St Louis Mayors Chauncey I Filley St Louis Public Library Archived from the original on 2009 01 06 Retrieved 2008 08 21 St Louis Historic Preservation Filley Chauncey I City of St Louis Retrieved 2008 08 21 Chauncey Ives Filley at Find a GraveExternal links edit nbsp Biography portal Chauncey I Filley at the St Louis Public Library St Louis Mayors website Political offices Preceded byDaniel G Taylor Mayor of St Louis Missouri1863 1864 Succeeded byJames S Thomas nbsp This article about a mayor in Missouri is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chauncey Ives Filley amp oldid 1095238211, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
