Charles E. Winter

Charles Edwin Winter ( * September 13, 1870 in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, † April 22, 1948 in Casper, Wyoming ) was an American politician. Between 1923 and 1929 he represented the state of Wyoming in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and political rise

Charles Winter attended the common schools and the Iowa Wesleyan University. He then continued his education until 1892, at the Nebraska Wesleyan University. After a subsequent law degree in 1895 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began in Omaha, Nebraska to work in his new profession. In 1902 he moved to Wyoming.

Winter was a member of the Republican Party. In 1908 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention, on the William Howard Taft was nominated as presidential candidate. Between 1913 and 1919, Charles Winter judge in the 6th Judicial District of Wyoming. In 1919 he resigned from this office and worked as a lawyer in his new hometown of Casper.

Winter in the U.S. Congress

In the congressional elections of 1922, Charles Winter was chosen as the candidate of his party to succeed Franklin Wheeler Mondell in the U.S. House of Representatives. There he represented Wyoming between 4 March 1923 and 3 March 1929 three legislative periods. In 1928 he opted not to run again. Instead, he applied unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Senate.

Further CV

In the years 1932 and 1933 was Charles Winter Attorney General in Puerto Rico. According to his biography in the U.S. Congress winter there has also officiated as acting governor. This information is not confirmed in the current governor lists and the National Governors Association. There, his name is not listed. After serving as Attorney General Winter again worked as a lawyer. He died in 1948.