Charles W. Roark

Charles W. Roark, 1930

Charles Wickliffe Roark (born January 22, 1887 in Greenville , Muhlenberg County , Kentucky , †  April 5, 1929 in Louisville , Kentucky) was an American politician . In 1929 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Roark attended public schools in his home country as well as Greenville Seminary . Then he worked in the wood business. He became the founder and president of Greenville Milling Co. In 1908 and 1909, Roark directed several associations in the woodworking industry.

Politically, Roark was a member of the Republican Party . He served as Mayor of Greenville between 1918 and 1922. In 1928 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Kansas City , where Herbert Hoover was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the 1928 congressional election he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Democrat John William Moore , whom he defeated in the election, on March 4, 1929 . Roark died on April 5, 1929, before the first meeting of the new Congress . The due by-elections were then won by his predecessor Moore, who was also his successor in this way. Charles Roark was buried in Greenville.

Web links

• Charles W. Roark in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles W. Roark in the database of Find a Grave (English)