Charles A. Talcott

Charles Andrew Talcott ( born June 10, 1857 in Oswego, New York, † February 27, 1920 in Utica, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1911 and 1915 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Andrew Talcott was born about four years before the outbreak of the civil war in Oswego County. He attended public schools and the Utica Free Academy. In 1879, he graduated from Princeton University. He studied law. After receiving his license to practice law in 1881, he began practicing in Utica. Between 1881 and 1883 he was a Clerk at the City Court and City Counsel in 1886 in Utica. He sat 1888-1892 the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners. Between 1893 and 1901 he was a trustee at the Utica Public Library. He was Mayor of the City of Utica in 1902 - a post he held until 1906. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1910 for the 62nd Congress Talcott was in the 27th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Charles S. Millington on March 4, 1911. In 1912 he stood as a candidate in the 33rd electoral district of New York for the 63rd Congress. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1913, the successor to Edwin S. Underhill. He suffered in his renewed candidacy in 1914 a defeat and then retired after the March 3, 1915 from the Congress of.

After his time he took Congress in Utica resume his duties as a lawyer on which he held until his death on 27 February 1920. His body was then buried at Forest Hill Cemetery.