Charles Debrille Poston

Charles Debrille Poston (* April 20, 1825 in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky, † June 24, 1902 in Phoenix, Arizona ) was an American politician. Between 1864 and 1865 he represented as a delegate the Arizona Territory in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years

Charles Poston was born the son of a printer and made in early youth a lesson in this craft. At the same time, he attended the common schools. When he was twelve years old, his father died and Charles Poston began an apprenticeship at the local district office. Later he worked as a clerk of the Supreme Court of Tennessee in Nashville. During the Gold Rush Poston moved to California in 1850. In San Francisco he worked from 1850 to 1853 as an employee of the customs authority. In 1854 he moved into what is now Arizona. There he engaged in silver mining. At that time, he also made the acquaintance of Samuel P. Heintzelman, who was then stationed as a Major in the U.S. Army in this area. Heintzelman made ​​several important business contacts for Poston. Business was very good. But when the army withdrew after the start of the civil war to the east and the attacks of the Apaches were threatening, even Poston left the area and went to Washington, where he became a civilian employee of the now brigadier general Ascended Heintzelman.

Political career

Heintzelman presented Poston President Abraham Lincoln. This Poston appointed in 1863 to the Indian Officer. At the same time belonged Poston to the advocates of the establishment of the Arizona Territory. After the founding of this territory, he was elected as the first delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. There he exercised his mandate between December 5, 1864, and March 3, 1865. After he was not re-elected, he studied law and worked in Washington as a lawyer. He also toured Europe and Asia. He spent some years in London, where he worked for an English newspaper, and at the same time written articles for the New York Tribune as a foreign reporter. After his return to the United States Charles Poston was appointed in Florence by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878 to head the country allocation authority. In 1890, he then worked as a Consular Agent for the Federal Government in El Paso (Texas ).

Charles Poston died in June 1902 in Phoenix. Originally, he was also buried there. In 1926 his remains were transferred to Florence and reburied. Charles Poston was married twice and had a daughter who was paralyzed since 1851 and 1884 died of cancer.

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