Charles Albright (Pennsylvania politician)

This article is about the Pennsylvania Congressman. For the U.S. Representative from Ohio, see Charles J. Albright.

Charles Albright
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's At-large district
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	District eliminated
Personal details
Born	(1830-12-13)December 13, 1830 Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Died	September 28, 1880(1880-09-28) (aged 49)
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Dickinson College

Charles Albright (December 13, 1830 – September 28, 1880) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Charles Albright was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1852 and commenced practice in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania. He moved to the Territory of Kansas in 1854 and participated in its early development. He returned to Pennsylvania and resumed the practice of law in Mauch Chunk in 1856. He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1860 and 1872.

During the American Civil War, Albright served in the Union Army and was promoted through the ranks to colonel of the One Hundred and Thirty-second Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Honorably mustered out May 24, 1865. He was recommissioned colonel of the Thirty-fourth Pennsylvania Militia July 3, 1863, and honorably mustered out August 10, 1863. He was recommissioned colonel of the Two Hundred and Second Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, September 4, 1864. On March 7, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln nominated Albright to the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers, to rank from March 7, 1865 and the U.S. Senate confirmed the award on March 10, 1865. Albright was honorably mustered out August 3, 1865.

After the war, he resumed the practice of law in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania.

Albright was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1874. He resumed the practice of law and also engaged in manufacturing in Mauch Chunk until his death there in 1880.

References

• United States Congress. "Charles Albright (id: A000077)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-14
• Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J. Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
• The Political Graveyard
• "Charles Albright". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-02-14.