Charles Henry Turner (U.S. Representative)

Charles Henry Turner ( born May 26, 1861 in Wentworth, New Hampshire; † August 31, 1913 ) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1889 and 1891 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Henry Turner was born about six weeks after the outbreak of civil war in Wentworth and grew up there. During this time he attended community schools. He retired in November 1879 to New York City. From 1886 to 1888 he attended the Columbia College (now Columbia University) in New York City. He then worked in the ice cream shop. In 1888 he ran unsuccessfully for the Senate from New York. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

He was on 9 December 1889 in a by-election in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC elected to fill the vacancy that was created by the resignation of Frank T. Fitzgerald. Since he gave up for reelection in 1890, he retired after March 3, 1891 from the Congress.

Between 1891 and 1893 he worked as a Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives. He studied law. His admission to the bar he received in 1897 and then began in Washington DC to practice. On 16 July 1903 he was appointed Deputy District Attorney for the District of Columbia - a position which he held until his resignation on September 1, 1911. Turner was appointed on 27 November 1911 of the Special Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. He held the post until his death on 31 August 1913 in Wentworth. His body was buried at the Wentworth Cemetery.