Charles F. McLaughlin

Charles Francis McLaughlin ( born June 19, 1887 in Lincoln, Nebraska; † February 5, 1976 in Washington DC) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1935 and 1943 he represented the second electoral district of the state of Nebraska in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles McLaughlin attended the public schools of his home and then to 1908 the University of Nebraska. After a subsequent law degree at Columbia University in New York City, he was admitted to the bar in 1910. He then began working in Omaha in this profession. During World War II he was a captain of an artillery unit of the U.S. Army. After that he belonged until 1921 as a major in the reserve officer.

McLaughlin was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1920 he was a delegate at a meeting on the revision of the Constitution of Nebraska. In 1934 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he replaced Edward R. Burke on 3 January 1935. After he was re-elected in subsequent years each, he could implement his mandate in Congress until January 3, 1943. In the 1942 elections, he defeated the then Republican Howard Buffett.

After the end of his time in Congress was Charles McLaughlin 1943-1947 member of a Mexican-American Commission, which dealt with mutual claims. Between 1947 and 1949 he was a member of a similar commission that dealt with the claims of the Indians. Since 1949 he was a judge at the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, which is virtually identical to the federal capital, Washington. This office he held until June 1974. He died in February 1976 and was buried in Silver Spring (Maryland).

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