Charles Solomon Huffman

Charles Solomon Huffman (born October 8, 1865 in Vincennes , Indiana , †  May 6, 1960 in Columbus , Kansas ) was an American politician . Between 1919 and 1923 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Kansas.

Career

Charles Huffman attended public schools in his home country. In 1883 he graduated from high school. In the meantime he helped on his father's farm and taught as a teacher. After a subsequent medical degree at the University of Missouri and his license as a doctor in 1890, he began to work in Columbus in this profession. During the Spanish-American War of 1898 , he served as a medical captain in the American armed forces. He was deployed to the Philippines . He later served as the adjutant general of the Kansas National Guard between 1917 and 1919 . Politically, he joined the Republican Party . Between 1904 and 1919 he was a member of the Kansas Senate . For four years he was chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means there . During his last term in office, he chaired the Military Affairs Committee. He introduced several bills to improve the quality of food and safety concerns in mining. He was also a director of Columbus State Bank . In 1915 he became its president. He held this post until shortly before his death in 1960. He stopped working as a doctor shortly after the turn of the century.

In 1918, Huffman was elected Lieutenant Governor of Kansas alongside Henry Justin Allen . He held this office between January 13, 1919 and January 8, 1923. He was Deputy Governor . After the end of his time as Lieutenant Governor, he continued to work in the banking industry. He was also a member of numerous organizations and associations. Charles Huffman died in Columbus on May 6, 1960 at the age of 94.

Web links

• Charles Solomon Huffman in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• The Political Graveyard
• The lieutenant governors of Kansas
• biography