Charles Pelham (congressman)

Charles Pelham (March 12, 1835 – January 18, 1908) was an American lawyer, politician, and Confederate Civil War veteran who served one term as a U.S. congressional representative from Alabama from 1873 to 1875.

Charles Pelham
Charles Pelham
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Alabama's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Preceded byWilliam A. Handley
Succeeded byTaul Bradford
Personal details
Born
Charles Pelham

(1835-03-12)March 12, 1835
Person County, North Carolina
DiedJanuary 18, 1908(1908-01-18) (aged 72)
Poulan, Georgia
Political partyRepublican

Biography

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Pelham was born in Person County, North Carolina. Pelham moved with his parents to Alabama in 1838, where his brother John Pelham was born.[1] There, Charles Pelham attended the common schools and later studied law.

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In 1858, he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Talladega, Alabama.

Civil War

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After the beginning of the U.S. Civil War, Pelham entered the Confederate army in 1862 and served as first lieutenant of Company C, Fifty-first Regiment, Alabama Infantry.

Judge

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After the war, he served as judge of the tenth judicial circuit of Alabama from 1868 until 1873.

Congress

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Pelham was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875).

Later career

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When he was not renominated in 1874, Pelham resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C. Late in life, he was appointed a clerk in the Treasury Department.

Death

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In 1907, he moved to Poulan, Georgia, where he died the following year on January 18, 1908. He was interred in the Presbyterian Cemetery.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "John Pelham". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Alliance. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Alabama's 3rd congressional district

March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Succeeded by