Charles A. Chickering
Charles A. Chickering | |
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Chairman of Committee on Railways and Canals | |
In office 1895–1900 | |
Member of the House of Representatives from New York's 24th District | |
In office March 4, 1893 – February 13, 1900 | |
Preceded by | George Van Horn |
Succeeded by | Albert D. Shaw |
New York State Assembly, Lewis County | |
In office 1879–1881 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Harrisburg, New York | November 26, 1843
Died | February 13, 1900 New York City, New York | (aged 56)
Political party | Republican |
Occupation | teacher, hardware merchant |
Charles Addison Chickering (November 26, 1843 – February 13, 1900) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Life
Born in Harrisburg, New York, Chickering attended the common schools and Lowville Academy and was for some time a teacher in that institution. He engaged in business as a hardware merchant. He served as school commissioner of Lewis County 1865–1875. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Lewis Co.) in 1879, 1880 and 1881; and was Clerk of the Assembly from 1884 to 1890. He served as chairman of the Lewis County Republican committee. He served as member of the Republican State committee, serving as secretary, and as a member of its executive committee.
Chickering was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1893, until his accidental death from injuries received in a fall from a window of the Grand Union Hotel in New York City while on a business trip February 13, 1900. He served as chairman of the Committee on Railways and Canals (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-sixth Congresses). He was interred in Riverside Cemetery, Copenhagen, New York.
See also
References
- United States Congress. "Charles A. Chickering (id: C000351)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1843 births
- Accidental deaths from falls
- Accidental deaths in New York (state)
- Hardware merchants
- New York (state) Republicans
- 1900 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
- Members of the New York State Assembly
- People from Lewis County, New York
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- Clerks of the New York State Assembly
- 19th-century American politicians