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Charles James Faulkner

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This article is about the U.S. Senator from West Virginia. For his father, the U.S. Representative from Virginia and West Virginia, see Charles J. Faulkner.
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Charles James Faulkner
United States Senator
from West Virginia
In office
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1899
Preceded byJohnson N. Camden
Succeeded byNathan B. Scott
Personal details
Born(1847-09-21)September 21, 1847
Martinsburg, Virginia, U.S. (now West Virginia)
DiedJanuary 13, 1929(1929-01-13) (aged 81)
Martinsburg, West Virginia, U.S.
Resting placeOld Norbourne Cemetery
Martinsburg, West Virginia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Parent
RelativesVirginia Faulkner McSherry (sister)
Alma materUniversity of Virginia
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Charles James Faulkner (September 21, 1847 – January 13, 1929) was a United States senator from West Virginia.

Early life

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Charles James Faulkner was born on the family estate, Boydville, in Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia). His father was Charles James Faulkner Sr., a U.S. Representative from Virginia and West Virginia and U.S. Minister to France.[1]

He accompanied his father to France 1859; he attended school in Paris and Switzerland. He returned to the United States in 1861, and during the Civil War entered the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington in 1862. He served with the cadets in the Battle of New Market.[1]

After the war, he attended the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, graduating in 1868. At the University of Virginia, he was member of St. Anthony Hall.[2]

Career

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He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Martinsburg.[1]

In 1887, Faulkner was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate; he was reelected in 1893 and served from March 4, 1887, to March 3, 1899. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Territories (Fifty-third Congress). In 1898 he was appointed a member of the International Joint High Commission of the United States and Great Britain.

He retired from public life and devoted his time to the practice of law in Martinsburg and Washington, D.C., and to the management of his agricultural interests.

Personal

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In 1922, he served as first president of the Opequon Golf Club.[3]

Faulkner died at the Boydville family estate on January 13, 1929; interment was in the Old Norbourne Cemetery, Martinsburg.[4]

References

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c Makers of America; Biographies of Leading Men of Thought and Action. Vol. I. Washington, D.C.: B. F. Johnson. 1915. pp. 81–84. Retrieved July 19, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Negus, W. H. (1900). "Delta Psi". In Maxwell, W. J. (ed.). Greek Lettermen of Washington. New York, New York: The Umbdenstock Publishing Co. pp. 231–234.
  3. ^ Michael Gioulis and Don C. Wood (June 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Opequon Golf Club" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  4. ^ "Suspend Business: Former Senator Faulkner is Buried Tuesday". Charleston Daily Mail. Martinsburg, West Virginia. January 16, 1929. p. 5. Retrieved July 19, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.

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March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1899
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