Charles Reginald umbrella

Charles Reginald umbrella

Charles Reginald Schirm (born August 12, 1864 in Baltimore , Maryland , †  November 2, 1918 there ) was an American politician . Between 1901 and 1903 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Schirm attended public schools in his home country. After a broken apprenticeship in iron processing, he studied at Washington and Jefferson College in Pennsylvania . He then worked as a teacher at various schools in Pennsylvania and Maryland. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1896, he began working in this profession in Baltimore County . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1898 and 1900 he was a member of the Maryland House of Representatives . In 1899-1900, Schirm was also an advisor to the Baltimore City Police Committee.

In the congressional election of 1900 , umbrella in the fourth constituency of Maryland was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded James William Denny on March 4, 1901 . Since he lost to Denny in the 1902 elections, he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1903 .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Schirm practiced as a lawyer again. In August 1912 he took part as a delegate at the Bull Moose National Convention , the party convention of the Progressive Party , at which the former President Theodore Roosevelt was nominated as a presidential candidate and thereby split the Republican Party. Charles Schirm died on November 2, 1918 in Baltimore, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Charles Reginald screen in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles Reginald screen in the database of Find a Grave (English)