Charles Murray Turpin

Charles Murray Turpin (born March 4, 1878 in Kingston , Luzerne County , Pennsylvania , †  June 4, 1946 there ) was an American politician . Between 1929 and 1937 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Turpin attended public schools and high schools in his homeland, as well as Wyoming Seminary in Kingston. Between 1896 and 1901 he was a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard, where he made it to captain. He also took part in the Spanish-American War of 1898 . He then worked as a carpenter, salesman and steamship captain. After studying dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and his license as a dentist in 1905, he began to practice in this profession in Kingston. From 1916 to 1922 he was also a member of the local school committee; from 1922 to 1926 he was mayor ( Burgess ) of Kingston. He then held the position of prothonotary in Lucerne County between 1926 and 1929 . Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party .

After the death of Congressman John J. Casey , Turpin was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC when he was due for election to the twelfth seat of Pennsylvania , where he took up his new mandate on June 4, 1929. After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1937 . Since 1933 the first New Deal laws of the Roosevelt government were passed there, which Turpin's party was rather hostile to. In 1935 the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd.

In 1936, Charles Turpin was not re-elected. After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, he worked as Assistant Chief Clerk for the Administration of Lucerne County. He died on June 4, 1946 in his hometown of Kingston.

Web links

• Charles Murray Turpin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles Murray Turpin in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
John J. Casey	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (12th constituency) June 4, 1929 - January 3, 1937	J. Harold Flannery