Charles G. Washburn

Charles Grenfill Washburn ( born January 28, 1857 in Worcester, Massachusetts, † May 25, 1928 in Lenox, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1906 and 1911 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Washburn attended until 1875 the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and then studied until 1880 at Harvard University. After a subsequent law degree in 1887 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. He was also involved in several handicraft enterprises in his home. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. In the years 1897 and 1898 he was a member of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts; 1899 to 1900 he was a member of the State Senate. In 1902 he was member of a commission to revise the economic laws of his state. In 1904 and 1916 Washburn participated in the respective Republican National Conventions as a delegate.

After the death of Mr Rockwood Hoar Washburn was in the overdue election for the third seat from Massachusetts as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 18 December 1906. After two re- elections he could remain until March 3, 1911 at the Congress. In 1910 he was not re-elected. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Washburn was one of the directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. He also served as president of Washburn Company of Worcester. He died on 25 May 1928 in Lenox.