Charles F. Booher

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Charles F. Booher

Charles Ferris Booher (born January 31, 1848 in East Groveland , Livingston County , New York , †  January 21, 1921 in Savannah , Missouri ) was an American politician . In 1889 and between 1907 and 1921 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Booher attended the public schools in his home country and the Geneseo Academy . After that he taught himself as a teacher for some time. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1871, he began to work in Rochester (Missouri) in this profession. In 1875 he moved to Savannah, where he served as a district attorney in Andrew County there until 1877 . He held this office again between 1883 and 1885. In between he practiced as a lawyer. During this time Booher also entered the lending business and the real estate industry. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was Mayor of Savannah between 1886 and 1890.

After the death of Congressman James Nelson Burnes , Booher was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the by-election for the fourth seat of Missouri . There, between February 19 and March 3, 1889, he ended the legislative term of his predecessor. In the regular congressional elections of 1888 , he no longer ran. As a result, Booher devoted himself to his private business.

In the congressional elections of 1906 he was then re-elected to the US House of Representatives in the fourth district of Missouri, where he succeeded Frank B. Fulkerson on March 4, 1907 . After six re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on January 21, 1921. During this time, the First World War and the ratification of the 16th , 17th , 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution took place .

In 1920 Charles Booher declined to run again. He died before the end of his last legislative term.

Web links

  • Charles F. Booher in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Booher, Charles F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Booher, Charles Ferris (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH near East Groveland , New York
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1921
Place of death Savannah , Missouri