Charles J. Colden

Charles J. Colden (born August 24, 1870 in Peoria County , Illinois , †  April 15, 1938 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1938 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1880, Charles Colden moved with his parents to Nodaway County , Missouri , where he attended public schools. He then graduated from Shenandoah College in Iowa . Between 1889 and 1896 Colden was a teacher at various schools in the states of Iowa and Missouri. Then he got into the newspaper business. Between 1896 and 1908 he published two newspapers in Missouri. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1901 and 1905 he was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives . He was then from 1905 to 1908 director of the board of directors of Northwest Missouri Teacher College . In 1908 Colden moved to Kansas City , where he worked in the real estate and construction industries. He carried out the same activities from 1912 in San Pedro, California . Between 1922 and 1924 he was president of the local chamber of commerce. He also headed the Los Angeles Port Commission from 1923 to 1925 . After that he was a member of the local city ​​council from 1925 to 1929 .

In the congressional elections of 1932 Colden was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the then newly established 17th  electoral district of California, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1933. After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on April 15, 1938 . During this time, many of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt .

Web links

• Charles J. Colden in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles J. Colden in the database of Find a Grave (English)