Charles Joseph Esterly

Charles Joseph Esterly ( born February 8, 1888 in Reading, Pennsylvania, † September 3, 1940 in Wernersville, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1925 and 1931 he represented two times the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Esterly attended the common schools and worked until 1916 for an electric company and then sales of a Strickereifabrik. In addition, he ran cattle and pigs. As a result, he was also active in other areas. He was, for example, the president of a water company, a Strickereifabrik and a company that manufactured bottle caps. Between 1914 and 1920 he sat in the school committee of the city Wyomissing. From 1917 to 1921 he was a member of the local council. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. In June 1920 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in part in Chicago, was nominated at the Warren G. Harding as their presidential candidate. From 1922 to 1924 he was a member of the State Board of his party.

In the congressional elections of 1924 Esterly was in the 14th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Democrats William Martin Croll on 4 April 1925. Since he resigned in 1926 to a candidacy, he was initially able to do only one term in Congress until March 3, 1927. In 1928, Esterly was re-elected in the 14th district of his state in Congress, where he Robert Grey Bushong replaced on March 4, 1929, which was two years before become his successor. Until March 3, 1931, he could spend another term in Congress, which was shaped by the events of the Great Depression.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Charles Esterly took his previous activities on again. He died on September 3, 1940 in Wernersville, and was buried in Reading.