Charles Harwood

Charles A. Harwood (* 1880 in Brooklyn, New York, † October 23, 1950 in Harrison, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1941 and 1945 he was governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Career

Charles Harwood attended Hamilton College and studied at New York University after that. After studying law and his 1904 was admitted as a lawyer he worked until 1936 in this profession. Between 1907 and 1910 he sat as a Member of the Democratic Party in the New York State Assembly. In 1936 he was Attorney General with the task of bringing some cases of mail fraud for prosecution; in the years 1937 and 1938, he served as a judge in the Panama Canal Zone.

Between 3 February 1941 and the May 17, 1945 Harwood was the successor of Robert Morss Lovett Governor of the Virgin Islands. In this time of the Second World War fell. He died on October 23, 1950 of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Swell

• CHARLES HARWOOD, U. S. FORMER AIDE. Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. New York Times. New York, N. Y.: Oct 24, 1950 pg. . 29, 1 pgs