Albert T. Fancher

Albert Thomas Fancher was an American politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Capt. William Fancher. He attended Chamberlain Institute. Then he engaged in the oil business, and was President of the National Oil and Gas Company, with operations in Ohio and Indiana.
Fancher was Supervisor of the Town of Leon from 1882 to 1885; Clerk of Cattaraugus County from 1886 to 1888; and a member of the New York State Assembly in 1899, 1900, 1901 and 1902.
He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1903 to 1908, sitting in the 126th, 127th, 128th, 129th, 130th and 131st New York State Legislatures.
Fancher became known as the "Father of Allegany State Park" which was created in 1921, and was Chairman of the Allegany Park Commission until his death.
Fancher was a presidential elector in the 1924 presidential election.
He died on March 20, 1930, on a train near Charleston, South Carolina, while returning from a winter vacation in Florida; and was buried at the Salamanca Cemetery in Salamanca.