Charles E. Pickett

Charles Edgar Pickett (born January 14, 1866 in Bonaparte , Van Buren County , Iowa , †  July 20, 1930 in Waterloo , Iowa) was an American politician . Between 1909 and 1913 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Pickett attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1888 the Iowa State University in Iowa City . After a subsequent law degree at the same university and his admission as a lawyer in 1890, he began to work in Waterloo in Black Hawk County in his new profession. There he also became Vice President of the Pioneer National Bank . Between 1896 and 1909 he was Dean of the State University of Iowa .

Politically, Pickett was a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1908 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Iowa , where he succeeded Benjamin P. Birdsall on March 4, 1909 . After a re-election in 1910, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1913 . During this time the 16th amendment to the Constitution was passed, which resolved to levy a general income tax. In the 1912 election, Pickett was defeated by the Democrat Maurice Connolly .

After serving in the House of Representatives, Pickett returned to practice as a lawyer. In 1899 and 1916 he was chairman of the regional Republican Party Conventions in Iowa. In 1920 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where Warren G. Harding was nominated as a presidential candidate. In 1926 Pickett ran unsuccessfully for his party's nomination for the US Senate election . He died in Waterloo on July 20, 1930.

Web links

• Charles E. Pickett in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles E. Pickett in the database of Find a Grave (English)