Charles S. Dewey

Charles Schuveldt Dewey (November 10, 1880 - December 27, 1980) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Cadiz, Ohio, Dewey moved in infancy to Chicago, Illinois. He attended public schools and St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire. He graduated from Yale University, where he was a member of St. Anthony Hall, in 1904. He engaged in the real estate business in Chicago, Illinois from 1905 to 1917. He served in the United States Navy 1917-1919 and was honorably discharged with the rank of senior lieutenant. He served as vice president of a trust company in Chicago, Illinois from 1920 to 1924. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of fiscal affairs 1924-1927. National treasurer of American National Red Cross in 1926 and 1927. He served as financial adviser to the Polish Government and as director of the Bank of Poland 1927-1930. He returned to Chicago in 1931 and resumed banking. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress.

Dewey was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh and Seventy-eighth Congresses (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1945). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress. He resumed the banking business.

He married Suzette de Marigny Hall, a descendant of Louisiana's Bernard de Marigny, in Chicago on December 20, 1905.^[1]

His son, A. Peter Dewey, was accidentally shot and killed by Viet Minh in 1945, making him (arguably) the first person killed in the Vietnam War.^[2]

His grandson David Alger was killed in the 9/11 attacks.^[3]

In April 1948 he was appointed agent general of the Joint Committee on Foreign Economic Cooperation and served until June 1952. He served as chairman of the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Red Cross from 1957 to 1961. Resided in Washington, D.C., until his death December 27, 1980. He was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.

References

1. ^ "A Day's Wedding". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F50E17F8345913738DDDA80A94DA415B858CF1D3. Retrieved 8 September 2011. 
2. ^ Martin, Douglas. "David Alger Is Dead at 57; Manager of Mutual Funds". The New York Times Co.. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/25/business/david-alger-is-dead-at-57-manager-of-mutual-funds.html. Retrieved 8 September 2011. 
3. ^ Martin, Douglas (9/25/01). "David Alger Is Dead at 57; Manager of Mutual Funds". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/25/business/david-alger-is-dead-at-57-manager-of-mutual-funds.html. Retrieved 8 September 2011. 

• Charles S. Dewey at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

Biography portal

• Charles S. Dewey at Find a Grave
• Frederick M. Alger Jr. entry at politicalgraveyard.com
• David Alger NY Times obituary, Sept. 25, 2001

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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Date of birth	November 10, 1880
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