Charles August Sulzer

Charles August Sulzer

Charles August Sulzer (born February 24, 1879 in Roselle , New Jersey , † April 28, 1919 in Sulzer , Alaska ) was an American politician . Between 1917 and 1919 he represented the Alaska Territory in the US House of Representatives as a delegate .

Early years

Charles Sulzer was the younger brother of Congressman and Governor of New York , William Sulzer . Charles attended his home public schools and the Berkeley Academy in New York City . He then began studying at the US Military Academy in West Point , which he did not graduate. During the Spanish-American War he served in a volunteer unit from New Jersey. In 1902 he moved to what was then the Alaska Territory. There he successfully entered the mining business.

Political career

Charles Sulzer, like his brother William, became a member of the Democratic Party . In 1914 he entered the territorial senate. In the 1916 congressional elections, he was elected his state's delegate to the US House of Representatives. There he took up his mandate on March 4, 1917. However, his predecessor and rival candidate in the election, James Wickersham , contested the result of the congressional election. This objection was granted on January 7, 1919. This meant that Sulzer had to hand over his mandate to Wickersham two months before the end of his term on March 3. But since he had won the elections in 1918, he was able to take his seat in Congress again on March 4, 1919 . His second choice was also contested by Wickersham. The decision in favor of Wickersham was not made until after Sulzer's death on April 28, 1919.

Web links

• Charles August Sulzer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles August Sulzer in the database of Find a Grave (English)