Charles Henry Sloan

Charles Henry Sloan

Charles Henry Sloan (born May 2, 1863 in Monticello , Jones County , Iowa , † June 2, 1946 in Geneva , Nebraska ) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1919 and again from 1929 to 1931 he represented the fourth constituency of the state of Nebraska in the US House of Representatives .

Life

Charles Sloan attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1884 the Iowa State Agricultural College in Ames . In the same year he moved to Fairmont , Nebraska, where he was responsible for the public schools between 1884 and 1887. At the same time he studied law. After his admission as a lawyer in 1887, he began to work in Fairmont in his new profession. In 1891 he moved to Geneva, Nebraska, where he also worked as a lawyer. There he also became director of Geneva State Bank . Between 1890 and 1894, Sloan was a District Attorney in Fillmore County .

Political career

As a member of the Republican Party , Sloan served in the Nebraska Senate from 1894 to 1896 . In 1903 he was chairman of the Nebraska Republican Convention. In 1910 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in the fourth district of Nebraska, where he replaced Edmund H. Hinshaw on March 4, 1911 . After he was re-elected in the three subsequent congressional elections, he was able to exercise his mandate in Congress until March 3, 1919. In 1918 he decided not to run again.

In 1928 he ran again successfully for the House of Representatives, in which he was able to complete a further legislative term as the successor to John N. Norton between March 4, 1929 and March 3, 1931. In the elections of 1930 he was defeated by his predecessor Norton. Thereupon Charles Sloan withdrew from politics. He worked again as a lawyer and banker in Geneva. He died there on June 2, 1946.

Web links

• Charles Henry Sloan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles Henry Sloan in the database of Find a Grave (English)