Charles G. Washburn

For the American diplomat, see Charles Ames Washburn.

Charles Grenfill Washburn
Charles G. Washburn circa 1908
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district
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 the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

Biography

He was born in Worcester on January 28, 1857. Washburn graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1875 and from Harvard University in 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 the Massachusetts House of Representatives and served in the Massachusetts Senate. He was a member of the committee to revise the State corporation laws in 1902. He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1904 and 1916,and was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rockwood 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 the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. He became president of the Washburn Co. of Worcester, and served in that capacity until his death in Lenox on May 25, 1928. His interment was in Rural Cemetery in 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, 1908 Practical Politics (1908) p. 22.

External links

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