Charles Lieb

Charles Lieb ( born May 20, 1852 in Flehingen, Grand Duchy of Baden, † September 1, 1928 in Rockport, Indiana ) was an American politician of German origin. Between 1913 and 1917 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Lieb was born in 1852 in the then independent municipality Flehingen in Baden. Today, the site is one of Oberderdingen and is located in Baden -Württemberg. In 1868 he emigrated to the United States where he settled in Rockport (Indiana). He attended the public schools of his new home and the Rockport Collegiate Institute. He also studied at Bryant and Stratton 's Business College in Louisville (Kentucky). He then worked in Rockport as an accountant. Later he went into the lumber business. Between 1893 and 1897 he was postmaster of his new hometown.

Politically, Lieb member of the Democratic Party. Between 1879 and 1884 he sat on the city council of Rockport; 1907-1913 he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Indiana. In the congressional elections of 1912 Liebherr was the first electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John W. Boehne on March 4, 1913. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1917 two legislative sessions. During this time, the 16th and the 17th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified.

1916 abandoned lovers to a new Congress candidacy. This year he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis, was nominated to the president Woodrow Wilson for re-election. Subsequently, he worked in agriculture. He was also a director of the Farmer's Bank in Rockport. In this city, Charles Lieb also died on 1 September 1928.

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