Charles Henry Dietrich

Charles Henry Dietrich (born November 26, 1853 in Aurora , Illinois , † April 10, 1924 in Hastings , Nebraska ) was an American politician and in 1901 the twelfth governor of Nebraska. Between 1901 and 1905 he represented this state in the US Senate .

Early years

Charles Dietrich attended local schools in his home in Illinois. He then worked in different professions and in different places. He was in St. Joseph ( Missouri hired) at a hardware store. He then worked in the hardware store in Chicago . In Deadwood , what is now South Dakota , he worked in the transportation sector in 1875, hauling goods through the Black Hills in wagons. In the meantime he still operated a mine called "Aurora". In 1878 Dietrich came to Hastings, Nebraska, where he returned to trading. He also founded the German National Bank there . Between 1887 and 1905 he was president of this bank.

Political career

Dietrich was a member of the Republican Party . As their candidate he was elected the new governor of Nebraska in 1900, where he prevailed with a little more than 800 votes ahead of the Democratic incumbent William A. Poynter . Dietrich took up his new office on January 3, 1901. During his tenure, the number of judges on the Nebraska Supreme Court was increased. Dietrich only remained governor until May 1, 1901. On that day he resigned from office to take up the post of US Senator to succeed the late Monroe Leland Hayward . Dietrich remained in Congress until 1905 , where he was a supporter of President Theodore Roosevelt's policies . He served on a committee investigating war crimes in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War .

Another résumé

In 1904 Dietrich decided not to run again. Thus ended his term in Washington, DC with the end of the legislature on March 3, 1905. After that, he retired into private life. He died in Hastings in April 1924 and was buried in the Parkview Cemetery there. Charles Dietrich was married twice and had one daughter.

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SURNAME	Dietrich, Charles Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 26, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aurora , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH	April 10, 1924
Place of death	Hastings , Nebraska