Preceded by Daniel Duncan Name Charles Sweetser Political party Democratic | Resting place Oak Grove Cemetery Succeeded by John L. Taylor | |
Born January 22, 1808
Dummerston, Vermont ( 1808-01-22 ) Died April 15, 1864(1864-04-15) (aged 56)
Delaware, Ohio | ||
Charles Sweetser (January 22, 1808 – April 14, 1864) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Dummerston, Vermont, Sweetser moved with his parents to Delaware, Ohio, in 1817. He attended the public schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Delaware, Ohio.
Sweetser was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853). He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures (Thirty-second Congress). He resumed the practice of law. He died in Delaware, Ohio, April 14, 1864. He was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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