Clarence L. Fisher

Clarence Lyon Fisher (August 22, 1877 – April 14, 1959) was an American businessman and politician from New York.

Life Fisher was born on August 22, 1877, in Lyonsdale, New York, the son of patent lawyer William Hubbell Fisher and Mary Lyon. His grandfathers were Rev. Samuel W. Fisher, president of Hamilton College, and land owner Lyman R. Lyon.

After attending public school in Lyons Falls, Fisher attended Holbrook's Military Academy at Ossining. He then went to Hamilton College, graduating from there with a Ph.B. in 1900. After graduating, he spent two years working as a reporter for the Philadelphia Press, retiring from the profession for health reasons. He then worked with his mother in the management of the family's timber interests in Lewis and Herkimer counties. He later became half owner and manager of the Fisher Forestry and Realty Company of Lyons Falls. He was also a director of the Black River National Bank of Lowville and vice-president of the Lyons Falls National Bank. 1926, 1927, 1928, and 1929. While in the Assembly, he authored the Fisher Reforestation Tax Law, got Whetstone Gulf designated and developed into a State park, and secured passage of a Constitutional amendment that eliminated all legal doubt regarding a $100,000 Emergency Fund for the suppression of forest fires. He also served on the Herkimer Home Commission and the New York State Reforestation Commission. He was buried in Wildwood Cemetery in Lyons Falls.