Charles H. Mansur

Charles H. Mansur

Charles Harley Mansur (born March 6, 1835 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , †  April 16, 1895 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1887 and 1893 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Mansur visited the Lawrence Academy in Groton ( Massachusetts ). After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1856, he began to work in this profession in Chillicothe (Missouri). In this city he was also a member of the education committee for eight years. Politically, Mansur joined the Democratic Party . Between 1864 and 1868 he was a member of the state executive of his party; in 1868 and 1884 he was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions . From 1875 to 1879 he served as the district attorney in Livingston County .

In 1872 Charles Mansur applied unsuccessfully for a seat in Congress as a joint candidate of the Democratic Party and the Liberal Republican Party . Another candidacy failed in 1880. In the congressional elections of 1886 he was then elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded John Blackwell Hale on March 4, 1887 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1893 . In 1892 he was not nominated for re-election by his party.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Charles Mansur worked in leading positions at the US Treasury Department from 1893 . He died on April 16, 1895 in the federal capital Washington and was buried in Richmond .

Web links

• Charles H. Mansur in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles H. Mansur in the database of Find a Grave (English)