John G. Wickser was an American businessman and politician.

Life

He was a nephew of Philip Becker

Philip Becker

Philip Becker was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1876–1877 and 1886–1889. He was born in Oberotterbach, Bavaria, Germany, on April 25, 1830. He graduated from college in Germany at sixteen years of age. In 1847, Philip and his older brother were provided the means to pay the...

, Mayor of Buffalo. He was President of the Buffalo German Insurance Company and the Buffalo Commercial Insurance Company.

As a Republican, he was New York State Treasurer

New York State Treasurer

The New York State Treasurer was a state cabinet officer in the State of New York between 1776 and 1926. During the re-organization of the state government under Governor Al Smith, the office was abolished and its responsibilities transferred to the new Department of Audit and Control headed by the...

 from 1903 to 1904, elected in 1902. As Treasurer, he was a member of the Board of Parole which in 1904 denied number racketeer Albert J. Adams

Albert J. Adams

Albert J. Adams was known as The Policy King and the Meanest Man in New York. He ran the numbers game in New York City from around 1890 to around 1905.-Biography:...

's application for parole

Parole

Parole may have different meanings depending on the field and judiciary system. All of the meanings originated from the French parole . Following its use in late-resurrected Anglo-French chivalric practice, the term became associated with the release of prisoners based on prisoners giving their...

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Sources

• The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Whitten to Wiczynski at politicalgraveyard.com Political Graveyard
• GdDhistory51 at www.archivaria.com History of Germans in Buffalo
• http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A03E3D81E3BE733A25756C2A96F9C946397D6CF His nomination at the Rep. state convention, in NYT on September 25, 1902
• http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9803E3D81E3BE733A25756C2A96F9C946397D6CF The Republican nominees, in NYT on September 25, 1902
• http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E06E5DF123FE433A2575BC2A9649D946397D6CF His appointments for Treasury officers, in NYT on December 28, 1902
• http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9803EED8103DE633A25755C0A9629C946597D6CF Parole denied, in NYT on April 6, 1904 (giving name as John T. Wicksor)
• http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9907E5DA103FE432A25751C1A9649D946195D6CF Calling on Nathan Lewis Miller, in NYT on December 12, 1920 (giving wrong middle initial "A.")
• 1928 Deaths Bklyn Standard Union JULY at www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com Death notice transcribed from the Brooklyn Standard Union on July 3, 1928, at Brooklyn Genealogy