Charles Gustav Binderup (March 5, 1873 – August 19, 1950) was a

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Democratic politician. He served as

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from 1935 to 1939.

Early life

Binderup was born in

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, son of George Werner Binderup and Laurentza Bjerring. When he was six months old, his parents immigrated to the

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, settling on a farm near

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. He attended Grand Island Business College and farmed near Hastings and

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. He married Elena Westengaard on September 18, 1900, and they had three children.

Career

Binderup was in the mercantile and creamery business in Minden. Binderup was elected as a

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to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses and served from January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1939. He failed to be reelected in

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. He ran as an

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for the

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but was defeated again. He helped organize the Constitutional Money League of America in Minden.

Death

Binderup died in Minden on August 19, 1950.

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