Charles G. Washburn

For the American diplomat, seeCharles Ames Washburn.

Charles Grenfill Washburn
Charles G. Washburn circa 1908
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's3rddistrict
In office December 18, 1906 – March 3, 1911
Preceded by	Rockwood Hoar
Succeeded by	John A. Thayer
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1899–1900
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1897–1898
Delegate to the 1904 Republican National Convention
In office 1904–1904
Personal details
Born	January 28, 1857 Worcester, Massachusetts
Died	May 25, 1928(1928-05-25)(aged 71) Lenox, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican
Relations	Robert M. Washburn(brother)
Alma mater	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Harvard University
Profession	Attorney

Charles Grenfill Washburn(January 28, 1857 – May 25, 1928) was a member of theUnited States House of RepresentativesfromMassachusetts.

Biography

He was born inWorcesteron January 28, 1857. Washburn graduated fromWorcester Polytechnic Institutein 1875 and fromHarvard Universityin 1880. He studied law, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1887. He connected with various manufacturing enterprises in the city of his birth.

Washburn was elected a member of theMassachusetts House of Representativesand served in theMassachusetts Senate.He was a member of the committee to revise the State corporation laws in 1902. He was a delegate to theRepublican National Conventionsin 1904 and 1916,and was elected as aRepublicanto the Fifty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofRockwood Hoar.He was reelected to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses and served from December 18, 1906, to March 3, 1911.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Sixty-second Congress. After completing his term, he served as director of theFederal Reserve Bank of Boston.He became president of the Washburn Co. of Worcester, and served in that capacity until his death inLenoxon May 25, 1928. His interment was inRural Cemeteryin Worcester.

Bibliography

• Haynes, George Henry.: The Life of Charles G. Washburn. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931.
• Who's who in State Politics, 1908Practical Politics (1908) p. 22.

External links

• United States Congress."Charles G. Washburn (id: W000171)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Charles G. Washburnat theLibrary of Congress