Biography
Born in Folsom, California, Church attended the common schools. He was graduated from Healdsburg (California) College in 1885 and then studied law. Church was Admission to the bar in the United States, admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in Fresno, California. He served as district attorney of Fresno County from 1907 to 1913, and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1916.Congress
Church was elected as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat to the 63rd United States Congress, Sixty-third, 64th United States Congress, Sixty-fourth, and 65th United States Congress, Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919). On April 5, 1917, he was one of 50 representatives who voted against declaring war on Germany. He did not seek renomination in 1918. He resumed the practice of law in Fresno and served as a judge of the Fresno County Superior Court from 1924 to 1930. Church was elected to the 73rd United States Congress, Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935), but was not a candidate for renomination in 1934. He resumed the practice of law and died in Fresno on February 21, 1952. He was interred in Belmont Memorial Park. He is the maternal grandfather of famed film director Sam Peckinpah.References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Church, Denver Samuel 1862 births 1952 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California San Francisco Bay Area politicians