Karl C. Schuyler

Karl Cortlandt Schuyler

Karl Cortlandt Schuyler (born April 3, 1877 in Colorado Springs , Colorado , † July 31, 1933 in New York City , New York ) was an American politician .

Life

Early life

Karl C. Schuyler was a descendant of Philip Schuyler , who sat as a delegate in the Continental Congress . Karl himself, who grew up in Colorado Springs, worked as a young man on the railroad to finance his studies. He enrolled at the University of Denver one where he graduated in in 1898 Law gained. That same year he was inducted into the Colorado Bar Association.

In the years that followed, Schuyler led an unspectacular life as a lawyer who first practiced in Colorado Springs and from 1905 in Denver . In parallel to his professional activity, he held the office of treasurer at the University of Denver and Colorado Woman's College in Denver. He also invested in oil and mines.

Political career

In 1920 Schuyler first got into conversation for the office of US Senator , but he was never officially nominated by his party, the Republicans . After the death of US Senator Charles W. Waterman in August 1932, Schuyler was elected as his successor on December 7, 1932. However, he served barely three months until March 3, 1933, when Waterman's original term ended. A renewed candidacy was unsuccessful.

death

Schuyler returned to his Denver law firm, where he returned to practice for the last three months of his life. Then, on July 17, 1933, while staying in New York, he was hit by a car in Central Park and seriously injured. He suffered a broken pelvis and internal injuries. The doctors fought for his life for two weeks, but Schuyler lost that fight on July 31, 1933 when he died at Lenox Hill Hospital at the age of 56 .

All that is known about his private life is that he was married.

Web links

• Karl C. Schuyler in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)