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| An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representative |
STONE, Charles Warren, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 29, 1843; attended Lawrence Academy at Groton, and was
graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1863; moved to
Pennsylvania in 1863 and settled in Warren; superintendent of schools of Warren
County in 1865; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced
practice in Warren; trustee of Pennsylvania State College; member of the State
house of representatives in 1870 and 1871; served in the State senate in 1877
and 1878; Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania 1879-1883; appointed secretary of
the Commonwealth on January 18, 1887, and served until his resignation to
accept nomination for Congress; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lewis F. Watson; reelected
to the Fifty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from
November 4, 1890, to March 3, 1899; chairman, Committee on Coinage, Weights,
and Measures (Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate
for reelection in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress; unsuccessful candidate for
Governor of Pennsylvania in 1898; resumed the practice of law; died at his home
near Warren, Pa., August 15, 1912; interment in Oakland Cemetery, Pleasant
Township, Warren County, Pa.
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