Charles Grenfill Washburn (January 28, 1857 – May 25, 1928) was a member of the

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Biography

He was born in

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on January 28, 1857. Washburn graduated from

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in 1875 and from

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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

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and served in the

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. 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

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to the Fifty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

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. 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

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in Worcester.

References

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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Washburn, Charles G. Republican Party Massachusetts state senators Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Politicians from Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester Polytechnic Institute alumni Harvard University alumni 1857 births 1928 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts Burials at Rural Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts)