Charles Hiram Randall

Charles Hiram Randall ( born July 23, 1865 in Auburn, Nemaha County, Nebraska, † February 18, 1951 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American politician. Between 1915 and 1921 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Randall attended the public schools of his home. Between 1885 and 1992 he worked in Nebraska as a newspaper publisher. He then worked from 1892 to 1904 for the railway mail. In 1904, he moved to Los Angeles, where he again engaged in the newspaper business. In the years 1909 and 1910, Randall was a member of the Urban Park Commission of Los Angeles. Politically, he joined the Prohibition Party, which campaigned against the sale and consumption of alcohol. In the years 1911 and 1912 he was a member of the California State Assembly.

In the congressional elections of 1914, Randall was in the ninth constituency of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Charles W. Bell on March 4, 1915. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1921 three legislative periods. In this time were, among others, the First World War. In the years 1919 and 1920, the 18th and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified. 1920 Charles Randall was not re-elected.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he continued to work in the movement against alcohol. Between 1925 and 1933 he was a town councilor in Los Angeles. Between 1922 and 1944 he applied six times unsuccessfully to return to Congress. In 1928, he ran unsuccessfully as well for the U.S. Senate. He died on February 18, 1951 in Los Angeles.