Charles Richard Eckert (January 20, 1868 – October 26, 1959) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a Democratic member of the

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from

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from 1935 to 1939.

Biography

Charles Richard Eckert was born in

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. He attended Piersol's Academy at West

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, and

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. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice in

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Political career

He was a delegate to the

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. Eckert was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in

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Retirement and death

After his time in Congress, he served as a member of board of directors of the Beaver Trust Co., and resumed the practice of law until his death, aged 91, as the result of an

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Sources

The Political Graveyard
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