Daniel Crissinger
3rdChairman of the Federal Reserve
In office May 1, 1923 – September 15, 1927
President	Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge
Deputy	Edmund Platt
Preceded by	William P. G. Harding
Succeeded by	Roy A. Young
Member of theFederal Reserve Board
In office May 1, 1923 – September 15, 1927
President	Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge
Preceded by	William P. G. Harding
Succeeded by	Roy A. Young
14thComptroller 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	(1860-12-10)December 10, 1860 Tully Township, Marion County, Ohio, U.S.
Died	July 12, 1942(1942-07-12) (aged 81) Marion, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of Akron (BS) University of Cincinnati (LLB)

Daniel Richard Crissinger (December 10, 1860 – July 12, 1942) was an American banker and lawyer who served as the 3rdchairman of the Federal Reserve from 1923 to 1927. Crissinger previously served as the 14thcomptroller of the Currency from 1921 to 1923.^[1]

Crissinger was born on December 10, 1860, to John M. Crissinger a leading lumberjack tradesman and Margaret (Ganzhorn) Crissinger a German immigrant inTully 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 inCaledonia, Ohio, and graduated fromCaledonia High School in 1880. He spent one year as a grade school teacher and he worked for one year in the high school.

He attendedBuchtel College inAkron, Ohio, and graduated 1885. He studied law with JudgeWilliam Z. Davis inMarion, Ohio, until he began formal study at theUniversity of Cincinnati. After graduation in June 1886, he became a partner of Judge Davis.

In 1893 Crissinger was elected city solicitor ofMarion, 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 theMarion Packing Company, a director of theMarion County Telephone Company, and president of the Marion Cemetery Association.

Crissinger was nominated in 1921 by Republican PresidentWarren G. Harding, who was a friend and neighbor in Ohio, to serve as the 14thComptroller of the Currency. He became the 3rdChairman of the Federal Reserve in 1923 and he served under presidents Harding andCoolidge.^[1]

He died on July 12, 1942.^[1]

• 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.

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