Charles Melvin Price

Charles Melvin Price

Charles Melvin Price (born January 1, 1905 in East St. Louis , Illinois , †  April 22, 1988 in Camp Springs , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1945 and 1988 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Price attended the public schools in St. Louis ( Missouri ) and then the local Saint Louis University . Then he worked in the newspaper industry. From 1925 to 1927 he was a sports editor and then a newspaper correspondent until 1933. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1929 and 1931 he served on the St. Clair County County Council . From 1933 to 1943 he was secretary to Congressman Edwin M. Schaefer . In 1943 and 1944 he served in the US Army at Camp Lee , Virginia .

In the 1944 congressional election , Price was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 22nd  constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Calvin D. Johnson on January 3, 1945 . After 21 re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on April 22, 1988 . He changed his constituency several times, which was related to the restructuring of the districts. In total, he represented five electoral districts of his state until 1988 (21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th district). His time in Congress saw the end of World War II , the beginning of the Cold War , the Korean War , the Vietnam War and, domestically, the civil rights movement and, in 1974, the Watergate affair .

Between 1967 and 1977 Price was chairman of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct . From 1973 to 1975 he headed the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy . Between 1975 and 1985 he chaired the Armed Forces Committee .

Web links

• Charles Melvin Price in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles Melvin Price in the database of Find a Grave (English)