Charles C. Comstock

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Charles C. Comstock

Charles Carter Comstock (born March 5, 1818 in Sullivan , Cheshire County , New Hampshire , †  February 20, 1900 in Grand Rapids , Michigan ) was an American politician . Between 1885 and 1887 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Comstock attended public schools in his home country. In 1853 he moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he worked in agriculture and wood processing. Specialized in the production of furniture and other everyday objects made of wood. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

In 1863 and 1864 he was mayor of the city of Grand Rapids. In 1870, he unsuccessfully ran for governor of Michigan. In 1873 he took up a congressional by-election without success. In the meantime he switched to the short-lived Greenback Party , for which he failed again in 1878 with a candidacy for Congress. In the congressional elections of 1884 he was then elected as a joint candidate for the Democrats and the Greenback Party in the fifth constituency of Michigan in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Julius Houseman on March 4, 1885 . Since Comstock waived another candidacy in 1886, he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1887 .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Charles Comstock withdrew from politics and died on February 20, 1900 in Grand Rapids. He was married twice and had a total of six children.

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SURNAME Comstock, Charles C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Comstock, Charles Carter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Sullivan , New Hampshire
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1900
Place of death Grand Rapids , Michigan