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This article is about the American politician. For other uses, see Charles Caldwell.
Charles Pope Caldwell Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 2nd districtIn office
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921Preceded by Denis O'Leary Succeeded by John J. Kindred Personal details Born June 18, 1875
Bastrop, TexasDied July 31, 1940 (aged 65)
Sunnyside, New YorkPolitical party Democratic Party Alma mater University of Texas Law School
Yale Law SchoolOccupation Attorney
JudgeCharles Pope Caldwell (June 18, 1875 - July 31, 1940) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
Born near Bastrop, Texas, Caldwell attended the public schools. He graduated from the University of Texas Law School in 1898 and from Yale Law School in 1899. He was admitted to the bar in Austin, Texas, in 1898, and later in New York City, where he commenced practice in 1900. He was appointed by Governor John Alden Dix a delegate to the Atlantic Deeper Water Ways Convention in 1910. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1912.
Caldwell was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1921). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1920. He resumed the practice of law in New York City. He was appointed associate justice of the court of special sessions of New York City January 1, 1926, and served until December 1935. He resumed the practice of law on Long Island, New York. He died in Sunnyside, New York, July 31, 1940. His remains were cremated and the ashes scattered over his ancestral estate in Bastrop County, Texas.
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United States House of Representatives Preceded by
[[]]Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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[[]]This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.Categories:- 1875 births
- 1940 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York
- New York Democrats
- University of Texas School of Law alumni
- Yale Law School alumni
- People from Bastrop County, Texas
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