Charles Archibald Nichols

Charles Archibald Nichols ( born August 25, 1876 in Boyne City, Charlevoix County, Michigan, † April 25, 1920 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1915 and 1920 he represented the state of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Nichols attended the common schools and worked from 1898 to 1905 as a journalist for two newspapers in Detroit. He was among other things a crime reporter. From 1905 to 1908 he worked as head of the police department of the city of Detroit. Between 1908 and 1912 he worked as a scribe ( City Clerk ) at the local municipal government.

Politically Nichols was a member of the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1914, he was elected in the 13th electoral district of the State of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Patrick H. Kelley on March 3, 1915. After two re- elections he could remain until his death on April 25, 1920 in Congress. Since 1919 he was chairman of the Committee on the Census. In Nichols ' time as congressman of the First World War fell. In 1919 the 18th Amendment was passed in Congress, which prohibited the sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages nationwide. In Nichols ' death in 1920 also women's suffrage was introduced nationwide with the 19th Amendment. After Nichols ' death, his mandate was in a by-election Clarence J. McLeod.

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