Senate Years of Service: 1925-1931
Party: Republican DENEEN Charles Samuel , a Senator from Illinois; born in Edwardsville, Madison County, Ill., May 4, 1863; raised in Lebanon, St. Clair County,…
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Senate Years of Service: 1904-1911
Party: Republican DICK Charles William Frederick , a Representative and a Senator from Ohio; born in Akron, Summit County, Ohio,
November 3, 1858; attended…
