Charles Albright (congressman)
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Charles Albright | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's At-large district |
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In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
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Preceded by | District created |
Succeeded by | District eliminated |
Personal details | |
Born | Bucks County, Pennsylvania |
December 13, 1830
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Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Dickinson College |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/branch | United States Army Union Army |
Years of service | 1861-1863 1864-1865 |
Rank | Colonel Brevet Brigadier General |
Commands | 132nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment 34th Pennsylvania Militia Regiment 202nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Lehigh District |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
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. Moving to the Territory of Kansas in 1854, Albright participated in its early development; though 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 as Major of the One Hundred and Thirty-second Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Honorably mustered out with his regiment and the rank of Colonel on May 24, 1863; he was recommissioned as Colonel of the Thirty-fourth Pennsylvania Militia during the Gettysburg Campaign on July 3, 1863, and honorably mustered out again on August 10, 1863. About a year later, on September 4, 1864; he was recommissioned as Colonel of the Two Hundred and Second Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. 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.[1] 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.
Notes
- ↑ Eicher and Eicher, 2001, p. 739
References
- Charles Albright at the 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
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United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by
District created
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 Served alongside: Lemuel Todd and Glenni W. Scofield |
Succeeded by District eliminated |
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- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Union Army colonels
- Pennsylvania lawyers
- 1830 births
- 1880 deaths
- Pennsylvania Republicans
- People from Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Dickinson College alumni
- People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives