Charles Matthews (Pennsylvania politician)

For other people of this name, see Charles Matthews (disambiguation).
Charles Matthews
Matthews (between 1905 and 1932)
Born(1856-10-15)October 15, 1856
New Castle, Pennsylvania
DiedDecember 12, 1932(1932-12-12) (aged 76)
New Castle, Pennsylvania

Charles Matthews (October 15, 1856 – December 12, 1932) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1][2]

Biography

Charles Matthews was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania on October 15, 1856, and was employed by a rolling mill as a roll turner while attending night school.[3][4]

A delegate to the Republican State convention in 1886, he was a member of the city council from 1887 to 1893, and sheriff of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, from 1897 to 1900.[5]

He was then engaged in manufacturing and banking.[6]

Elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress, he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912, and resumed his work in banking.[7][8]

A delegate to the 1916 Republican National Convention in Chicago, he was appointed county commissioner of Lawrence County on November 26, 1924, and served until January 2, 1928.[9]

Death and interment

Matthews died in New Castle on December 12, 1932, and was interred in the Graceland Cemetery.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Matthews, Charles" (M000252), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, March 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "Matthews, Charles." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, May 10, 2022.
  3. ^ "Matthews, Charles," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  4. ^ "Matthews, Charles," The Political Graveyard.
  5. ^ "Matthews, Charles," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  6. ^ "Matthews, Charles," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  7. ^ "Matthews, Charles," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  8. ^ "Matthews, Charles," The Political Graveyard.
  9. ^ "Matthews, Charles," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  10. ^ "Matthews, Charles," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  11. ^ "Matthews, Charles," The Political Graveyard.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district
1911–1913 		Succeeded by