Charles F. McLaughlin

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Charles F. McLaughlin (1939)

Charles Francis McLaughlin (born June 19, 1887 in Lincoln , Nebraska , † February 5, 1976 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1935 and 1943 he represented the second constituency of the state of Nebraska in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles McLaughlin attended the public schools of his home country and then the University of Nebraska until 1908 . After studying law at Columbia University in New York City , he was admitted to the bar in 1910. He then started working in this profession in Omaha . During the First World War he was captain of an artillery unit in the US Army . After that he was a major in the officer reserve until 1921.

McLaughlin was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1920 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the state constitution of Nebraska. In 1934 he was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he replaced Edward R. Burke on January 3, 1935 . After he was re-elected in the following years, he was able to exercise his mandate in Congress until January 3, 1943. In the 1942 elections he was defeated by the Republican Howard Buffett .

After his time in Congress, Charles McLaughlin was a member of a US-Mexican commission from 1943 to 1947 that dealt with mutual claims. Between 1947 and 1949 he was a member of a similar commission that dealt with the claims of the Indians . Since 1949 he has been a judge at the federal district court for the District of Columbia , which is practically identical to the federal capital Washington. He held this office until June 1974. He died on February 5, 1976, was in Silver Spring ( Maryland buried).

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SURNAME McLaughlin, Charles F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McLaughlin, Charles Francis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Lincoln , Nebraska
DATE OF DEATH 5th February 1976
Place of death Washington, DC