Hancock's decoration was upgraded the new award. Legal career Hancock was Syracuse's corporation counsel from 1926 to 1927. In addition, he was a longtime member of Wesleyan University's board of trustees and the board of directors of the Syracuse Journal newspaper. Hancock was a member of the Onondaga County Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, and Syracuse Chamber of Commerce. From 1928 to 1948, Hancock served as a director of Syracuse's Merchants National Bank and Trust Company. In addition to his legal career, Hancock was also involved in civic and charitable endeavors, including serving as president of the Syracuse Music Festival Association. In addition, he was vice commander of his American Legion post. Hancock was also an athlete, and was a member of the Sedgwick Farm Club (tennis), Cazenovia Club (golf and tennis), Onondaga Golf and Country Club (golf), and Skaneateles Country Club (golf). Hancock was also a member of several social organizations, including Syracuse's University Club and the Century Club of Syracuse. Member of Congress In 1927, Hancock was a successful Republican candidate in a special election for the United States House of Representatives. He was reelected nine times, and served from November 8, 1927, to January 3, 1947. As a member of Congress, Hancock opposed President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. He served on the Judiciary and Naval Affairs Committees and was also chair of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee's speaker's bureau. In addition, he served as head of the party's eastern speaker's bureau for the 1936 elections. Death and burial Hancock did not run for reelection in 1946 because of ill health. He died in Washington, D.C., on January 3, 1948. Hancock was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Syracuse. Family In 1912, Hancock married Emily W. Shonk (1885-1974) of Plymouth, Pennsylvania. They were the parents of a son, John S. Hancock (1914-2007), a veteran of World War II who pursued a banking career in Syracuse. Hancock's brother Stewart Freeman Hancock (1883-1966) was a prominent Syracuse area attorney. Hancock's nephew Stewart F. Hancock Jr. was a judge of the New York Court of Appeals. Legacy Syracuse Hancock International Airport and the co-located Hancock Field Air National Guard Base are both named in Hancock's honor. After his death, Hancock's family donated his papers to Syracuse University. They were later transferred to the State University of New York at Albany. Hancock's papers, titled Clarence E. Hancock Papers, 1929–1946, are