Charles Vilas Truax (February 1, 1887 – August 9, 1935) was an American politician who served one term as a

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from

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from 1933 to 1935.

Biography

Born on a farm near Sycamore, Ohio, Truax attended the public schools and graduated from Sycamore High School. He engaged in the implement business, and afterward, in agricultural pursuits. He was editor of the ''Swine World'' magazine from 1916 to 1921. He was appointed director of agriculture of Ohio by

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A. Victor Donahey in 1923 and served until 1929. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the

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in 1928. He engaged in the life insurance business in Columbus, Ohio, in 1928. He was elected as a

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to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses and served from March 4, 1933, until his death in

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, August 9, 1935. He was interred in Pleasant View Cemetery, Sycamore, Ohio.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Truax, Charles Vilas 1887 births 1935 deaths People from Sycamore, Ohio Politicians from Columbus, Ohio State cabinet secretaries of Ohio 20th-century American politicians Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio

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