Charles Hedding Rowland

Charles Hedding Rowland ( born December 20, 1860 in Hancock, Maryland, † November 24, 1921 in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1915 and 1919 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1866, Charles Rowland was sent to the Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. In 1874 he moved to Houtzdale. He attended the public schools of his respective home; later he became a successful businessman, mainly in the mining and railroad business. He became president of the company Moshannon Coal Mining Co. and the Railway Company Pittsburgh and Susquehanna Railroad. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1914, Rowland was the 21st electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Charles Emory Patton on March 4, 1915. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1919 two legislative sessions. In this time of the First World War fell. In 1918 he gave up another candidacy.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Charles Rowland did not occur in a political phenomenon. He died on November 24, 1921 in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, where he was also buried. Also worth mentioning is its contribution to the reconstruction of the theater of the city of Philipsburg. There, the Pierce Opera House was burnt down in 1910. Five years later, Rowlands family bought the site and built a new theater, the theater was inaugurated in 1917 under the name Rowland and still exists today.