Charles Albright (politician)
Charles Albright (born December 13, 1830 in Bucks County , Pennsylvania , † September 28, 1880 in Mauch Chunk , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1873 and 1875 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .
Career
Charles Albright attended Dickinson College in Carlisle . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1852, he began to work in this profession in Mauch Chunk, today's Jim Thorpe. In 1854 he moved to the Kansas Territory , where he helped develop that area. In 1856 he returned to Mauch Chunk to continue practicing as a lawyer. Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party . In the years 1860 and 1872 he took part as a delegate at the respective Republican National Conventions , at which Abraham Lincoln and later Ulysses S. Grant were nominated as presidential candidates. During the Civil War , Albright was an officer in the Union Army . He served in various units and made it to the colonel. After the war he continued his legal practice.
In the congressional election of 1872 , Albright was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 25th constituency of Pennsylvania , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1873. Since he renounced another candidacy in 1874, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1875 . After his time in the US House of Representatives, Charles Albright returned to work as a lawyer and in the trade. He died on September 28, 1880 in Mauch Chunk, where he was also buried.
See also
Web links
- Charles Albright in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Charles Albright in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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| SURNAME | Albright, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bucks County , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 1880 |
| Place of death | Mauch Chunk , Pennsylvania |