Charles S. Wharton

Charles Stuart Wharton (born April 22, 1875 in Aledo , Illinois , †  September 4, 1939 in Chicago , Illinois) was an American politician . Between 1905 and 1907 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1878, Charles Wharton came to Chicago with his parents, where he attended public schools. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his admission to the bar in 1896, he began to work in this profession in Chicago. In 1899 he became a Lake District Attorney; In 1903 he became an assistant city attorney in Chicago. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

In the congressional election of 1904 Wharton was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded George Peter Foster on March 4, 1905 . Since he was not confirmed in 1906, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1907 . After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced again as a lawyer in Chicago. During the First World War he was a member of the Board of Exemption .

In 1919 he became an assistant corporation counsel for the City of Chicago . Between 1920 and 1923 he worked there as a public prosecutor. That was the time of alcohol smuggling and the beginning of gang wars in this city. By 1929 Wharton worked again as a lawyer. He too came into conflict with the law. He was sentenced to two years in prison for involvement in a train robbery, which he served in Leavenworth Federal Prison between 1929 and 1931. At the same time his admission to the bar was withdrawn. He later ran a restaurant and wrote a few books. He died in Chicago on September 4, 1939.

Web links

• Charles S. Wharton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles S. Wharton in the database of Find a Grave (English)