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Charles T. Dunwell - Wikipedia

Charles Tappan Dunwell (February 13, 1852 – June 12, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Charles T. Dunwell
Dunwell c. 1905
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1903 – June 12, 1908
Preceded byHenry Bristow
Succeeded byOtto G. Foelker
Personal details
Born
Charles Tappan Dunwell

(1852-02-13)February 13, 1852
Newark, New York, U.S.
DiedJune 12, 1908(1908-06-12) (aged 56)
New York City, U.S.
Resting placeEvergreen Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
Alma materCornell University
Columbia Law School
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer

Born in Newark, New York, Dunwell moved with his parents to nearby Lyons in 1854. He attended the Lyons Union School. He entered Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, in the class of 1873, where he was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society. After the end of his junior year at Cornell, Dunwell entered Columbia Law School in the city of New York, and graduated in 1874.[citation needed]

He was admitted to the bar in 1874 and commenced practice in New York City. In 1889, he began serving as general agent for the New York Life Insurance Company. He was an unsuccessful candidate for comptroller of the city of Brooklyn in 1890. Dunwell served as a member of the New York Republican State committee in 1891–92.[citation needed]

Dunwell was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Congresses and served from March 4, 1903, until his death in Brooklyn, New York, June 12, 1908. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.

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  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

  • United States Congress. "Charles T. Dunwell (id: D000557)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 3rd congressional district

1903–1908
Succeeded by