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Charles Gustav Binderup (March 5, 1873 – August 19, 1950) was a Nebraska Democratic politician. He served as United States Congressman from 1935 to 1939.
Charles Gustav Binderup | |
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 Portrait of Charles Binderup in 1911, extracted from a photo of the Minden, Nebraska Band | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 4th congressional district | |
| In office January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939 | |
| Preceded by | Ashton C. Shallenberger |
| Succeeded by | Carl Curtis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 5, 1873 Horsens, Denmark |
| Died | August 19, 1950 (aged 77) Minden, Nebraska, US |
| Spouse | Elena Westengaard Binderup |
| Alma mater | Grand Island Business College |
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Binderup was born in Horsens, Denmark, son of George Werner Binderup and Laurentza Bjerring. When he was six months old, his parents immigrated to the United States, settling on a farm near Hastings, Nebraska. He attended Grand Island Business College and farmed near Hastings and Minden, Nebraska. He married Elena Westengaard on September 18, 1900, and they had three children.
Binderup was in the mercantile and creamery business in Minden.[1]
Binderup was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses and served from January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1939.[2] He failed to be reelected in 1938.[3] He ran as an Independent for the Seventy-seventh Congress but was defeated again. He helped organize the Constitutional Money League of America in Minden.
Binderup died in Minden on August 19, 1950.
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