Charles B. Deane

Charles B. Deane (1955)

Charles Bennett Deane (born November 1, 1898 in Ansonville , Anson County , North Carolina , † November 24, 1969 in Rockingham , North Carolina) was an American politician . He represented the state of North Carolina as a member of the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Deane attended the Pee Dee Academy in Rockingham and then the Trinity Park School in Durham between 1918 and 1920. He then graduated in 1923 from the law school of Wake Forest College . He was admitted to the bar in the same year and then opened a practice in Rockingham.

Deane then worked for the Richmond County Land Registry between 1926 and 1934 . After that, he was a lawyer in the wage and hour division of the Labor Department in Washington, DC in 1938 and 1939. He then dealt with the administrative law and general insurance business. He also served as chairman of the Democratic Party in Richmond County between 1932 and 1946 . He was also the curator of Wake Forest College.

Deane was elected a Democrat in the 80th and four subsequent Congresses in 1946. His term of office ran from January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1957. In 1956 he applied again for the intra-party nomination for election to the 85th Congress , but failed because of Alvin Paul Kitchin . During his tenure in Congress in 1956, he refused to sign the Southern Manifesto , which spoke out against racial integration in public institutions.

Charles Deane died in Rockingham on November 24, 1969. He was buried in the Eastside Cemetery .

Web links

• Charles B. Deane in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)