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Charles Henry Sloan (May 2, 1863 – June 2, 1946) was an American Republican Party politician.
Charles Henry Sloan | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 4th district | |
In office March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931 | |
Preceded by | John N. Norton |
Succeeded by | John N. Norton |
In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1919 | |
Preceded by | Edmund H. Hinshaw |
Succeeded by | Melvin O. McLaughlin |
Personal details | |
Born | Monticello, Iowa | May 2, 1863
Died | June 2, 1946 83) Geneva, Nebraska | (aged
Political party | Republican |
Born in Monticello, Iowa on May 2, 1863, he graduated from Iowa State Agricultural College (now Iowa State University) at Ames, Iowa in 1884. He moved to Fairmont, Nebraska and became the city schools superintendent from 1884 to 1887. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1887. He started practice in Fairmont but then moved to Geneva, Nebraska in 1891. He became the director of the Geneva State Bank and then the prosecuting attorney of Fillmore County from 1890 to 1894.
He was elected to the Nebraska State Senate from 1894 to 1896. He was the chairman of the Republican State convention in 1903. Then he was elected to the sixty-second congress and the three succeeding congress as a Republican (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1919). He voted on April 5, 1917, against declaring war on Germany. He didn't run in 1918, but ran again for the 71st Congress and won, serving from March 4, 1929, to March 3, 1931. He ran and lost in 1930, resuming practice of law in Geneva. He also did some banking. He died in Geneva on June 2, 1946, and is buried in the Geneva Cemetery.
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