Charles L. Knapp

Charles L. Knapp

Charles Luman Knapp (born July 4, 1847 in Harrisburg , New York , † January 3, 1929 in Lowville , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1901 and 1911 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Luman Knapp was born on a farm near Harrisburg in Lewis County during the Mexican-American War . He attended village schools, the Lowville Academy, and the Irving Institute in Tarrytown . His youth was overshadowed by the civil war. In 1869 he graduated from Rutgers College in New Brunswick ( New Jersey ). He studied law . After receiving his license to practice bar in 1873, he began practicing in Lowville. He sat in the New York Senate in 1886 and 1887 . President Benjamin Harrison appointed him in 1889 to Consul General in Montreal ( Canada ) - a post he held until his resignation in September 1,893th He then returned to Lowville, where he practiced as a lawyer again. He also went about banking.

Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . He was elected to the 57th Congress in a by-election in the 24th  constituency of New York to fill the vacancy created by the death of Albert D. Shaw . He took his seat in the US House of Representatives on November 5, 1901. In the congressional election of 1902 for the 58th Congress , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in the 28th constituency of New York, where he succeeded Sereno E. Payne on March 4, 1903 . He was re-elected three times in a row. Since it to a re-election bid in 1910 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1911 Congress of. During his time in Congress he presided over the Committee on Elections No. 1 ( 61st Congress ).

After his time in Congress, he resumed his practice in Lowville. He died there on January 3, 1929 and was then buried in the Rural Cemetery .

Web links

• Charles L. Knapp in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles L. Knapp in the database of Find a Grave (English)