Charles Finley

Charles Finley (born March 26, 1865 in Williamsburg , Whitley County , Kentucky , †  March 18, 1941 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1930 and 1933 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Finley, son of Congressman Hugh F. Finley , attended his home public schools and Milligan College , Tennessee . He then worked in the coal business, banking and newspaper publisher. Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party . Between 1894 and 1896 he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives . In 1895 he was also a delegate to the regional Republican party convention in Kentucky. Between 1896 and 1900 he served as Secretary of State of Kentucky.

In 1900 he was convicted of alleged or actual involvement in the assassination of Governor William Goebel . In 1908 he was pardoned by Governor Augustus E. Willson . Between 1912 and 1928 he was party leader of the Republicans in the eleventh congressional electoral district of Kentucky. After the resignation of MP John M. Robsion in January 1930, Finley was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due for the eleventh seat of Kentucky , where he took up his new mandate on February 15, 1930. After being re-elected in the regular congressional elections in 1930, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1933 . Shortly before the end of its last legislative term, the 20th amendment to the Constitution was ratified, which shortened the deadlines between the congressional or presidential elections and the start of the respective terms of office.

In 1932 Finley declined to run again. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he retired. He died on March 18, 1941 in Williamsburg, the city of his birth.

Web links

• Charles Finley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Charles Finley in the database of Find a Grave (English)