Charles I. Sparks

Charles Isaac Sparks (born December 20, 1872 in Ontario , Boone County , Iowa , † April 30, 1937 in Goodland , Kansas ) was an American politician . Between 1929 and 1933 he represented the sixth constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Born in Jackson Township , Charles Sparks attended the public schools in his homeland in Iowa and Simpson College in Indianola . After studying law at the State University of Iowa and being admitted to the bar in 1896, Sparks began practicing his new profession in Boone . Between 1899 and 1902 he was a district attorney in Boone County. Politically, Sparks was a member of the Republican Party . In 1898 he was party leader in his district. In 1907 he moved his residence and law firm to Goodland, Sherman County , Kansas. There he also became a lawyer for that city; he was also a member of the school committee there. From 1915 to 1929 Sparks was a judge in the 34th Judicial District of Kansas.

In 1928 Sparks was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Hays B. White on March 4, 1929 . After re-election in 1930, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1933 . In Congress, he was one of the prosecutors on the impeachment trial of California federal judge Harold Louderback . Shortly before the end of its last legislative term, the 20th amendment to the constitution was ratified on January 23, 1933 , through which the beginning and end of the terms of office of the President and the Congress were re-regulated.

In the 1932 election, Sparks lost to Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy of the Democratic Party . After his tenure in Congress ended, he returned to practice as a lawyer until his death in 1937.

Web links

• Charles I. Sparks in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles I. Sparks in the database of Find a Grave (English)