Charles R. Skinner

Charles R. Skinner

Charles Rufus Skinner (born August 4, 1844 in Union Square , New York , † June 30, 1928 in Pelham Manor , New York) was an American politician . Between 1881 and 1885 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Rufus Skinner was born in Oswego County about two years before the outbreak of the Mexican-American War . He attended community schools and the Clinton Liberal Institute . In 1866 he graduated from the Mexico Academy . The civil war had ended about a year earlier . After graduating, he taught in community schools. Between 1870 and 1874 he worked as an editor for the Watertown Daily Times . He then served on the Watertown Education Committee between 1875 and 1884 . During this time he was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1877 to 1881 . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

He was elected to the 47th Congress in a by-election in the 22nd  constituency of New York to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Warner Miller . He took his seat in the US House of Representatives on November 8, 1881. In the 1882 congressional election for the 48th Congress , he was elected to the US House of Representatives. Since he on a run again in 1884 renounced, he left the after 3 March 1885 Congress of. During his time in Congress in 1884, he was a member of the Board of Visitors at the United States Military Academy at West Point .

After his time in Congress, Skinner worked as an editor for the Watertown Daily Republican between 1885 and 1886 . In 1886 he worked as a local editor for the Watertown Daily Times . Between 1886 and 1892 he held the post of Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction in New York. He then worked between 1895 and 1904 as a supervisor for teacher training classes and institutes as well as superintendent in the Department of Public Instruction in New York. During this time he was elected President of the National Education Association in 1897 . Between 1906 and 1911 he worked as an assistant damage appraiser for merchandise in the New York harbor . He was the New York State Assembly librarian in 1913 and 1914 and served as the Legislative Librarian from 1915 to 1925 . He died on June 30, 1928 in Pelham Manor. His body was cremated and the ashes were then interred in Brookside Cemetery in Watertown.

Web links

• Charles R. Skinner in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles R. Skinner in the database of Find a Grave (English)