Benjamin R. Lacy

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Benjamin Rice Lacy
19th North Carolina State Treasurer
In office
January 15, 1901 – February 21, 1929
GovernorCharles Brantley Aycock
Robert Broadnax Glenn
William Walton Kitchin
Locke Craig
Thomas Walter Bickett
Cameron A. Morrison
Angus Wilton McLean
Oliver Max Gardner
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Personal details
BornJune 19, 1854
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
DiedFebruary 21, 1929 (aged 74)
Political partyDemocratic Party
Spouse(s)Mary Burwell
ProfessionLocomotive engineer, public servant

Benjamin Rice Lacy (June 19, 1854 – February 21, 1929) served as North Carolina Commissioner of Labor from 1893–1897 and 1899–1901, and as North Carolina State Treasurer from 1901–1929. Lacy died one month after taking office for his eighth term as Treasurer.

Lacy's father, Rev. Drury Lacy II, was the president of Davidson College and his grandfather, Drury Lacy, was president of Hampden–Sydney College.

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Political offices
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Treasurer of North Carolina
1901–1929
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