Charles Finley (politician)

Charles Finley ( born March 26, 1865 in Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky, † March 18, 1941 ) was an American politician. Between 1930 and 1933 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Finley, son of Congressman Hugh F. Finley, the common schools and the Milligan College visited in Tennessee. After that he was in the coal business, the banking industry and magazine publishers operate. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1894 and 1896 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Kentucky. In 1895 he was also a delegate to the regional Republican convention in Kentucky. Between 1896 and 1900 he served as Secretary of State of Kentucky.

In 1900 he was convicted of his alleged or actual involvement in the assassination of the Governor William Goebel. In 1908 he was pardoned by Governor Augustus E. Willson. Between 1912 and 1928 he was chairman of the party of the Republicans in the eleventh congressional district of Kentucky. After the resignation of Rep. John M. Robsion in January 1930 Finley was at the due election for the eleventh seat of Kentucky as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 15 February 1930. After a re-election at the regular congressional elections of 1930, he could remain until March 3, 1933 Congress. Shortly before the expiration of his last term of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, by the time limits between the congressional and presidential elections and the beginning of the respective terms of office were shortened.

In 1932, Finley opted not to run again. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives, he withdrew into retirement. He died on 18 March 1941 in his hometown of Williamsburg.