Charles C. P. Arndt
Charles C.P. Arndt | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 31, 1811 |
| Died | February 11, 1842 (aged 41) Madison, Wisconsin Territory, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Politician and legislator |
Charles C. P. Arndt (October 31, 1811 – February 11, 1842) was an American Whig legislator from Pennsylvania and the Wisconsin Territory.
Biography
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, he came with his parents to Green Bay, Michigan Territory. Arndt graduated from Rutgers College, studied law in Easton, Pennsylvania and was admitted to the bar. In 1836, Arndt moved back to Green Bay and was admitted to the bar in Michigan Territory. Arndt was elected to the Wisconsin Territorial Council from Green Bay. On February 11, 1842, after a heated discussion with James Russell Vineyard, Arndt was shot to death in the council room. Vineyard was later tried for the murder and was acquitted on grounds of self-defense.[1][2][3]
Legacy
In 1842, British author Charles Dickens wrote about the tragedy in his book American Notes.[4]
References
- ^ "A Wisconsin Tragedy". The Weekly Wisconsin. February 13, 1886. p. 8. Retrieved March 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 'Wisconsin's Saddest Tragedy,' M.M. Qualife, Wisconsin Historical Society: 1922, vol 15, no. 5, pp. 264–283
- ^ Charles Arndt, Wisconsin Historical Society
- ^ "American Notes," Charles Dickens, 1842
External links
- Politicians from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
- Politicians from Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Assassinated American politicians
- Rutgers University alumni
- Pennsylvania lawyers
- Wisconsin lawyers
- Wisconsin Whigs
- Members of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature
- 19th-century American politicians
- 1811 births
- 1842 deaths
- People murdered in Wisconsin
- Deaths by firearm in Wisconsin