From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charlie Rose (congressman)
Charlie Rose (congressman)
Charlie Rose
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Carolina’s
from North Carolina ’s 7th district
In office
January 7, 1973 – January 7, 1997
Preceded by Alton Asa Lennon
Succeeded by Mike McIntyre
Personal details
Earlier photo of Rep. Charlie Rose from Congressional Pictorial
Born August 10, 1939 (1939-08-10) Directory
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Political party Democratic After Democrats lost control of Congress in the 1994
Republican Revolution, Rose challenged incumbent
Charles Grandison "Charlie" Rose III (born August 10, House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt for the post of
1939) is a former Democratic United States Congressman Minority Leader, but lost 150-50. He retired from the
from North Carolina who served from 1973 to 1997. House the next year.
Rose was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He at-
tended Davidson College, earning his LL.B., and he re-
ceived his Juris Doctor from the University of North
References
Carolina at Chapel Hill. For several years, Rose practiced • Charlie Rose (congressman) at the Biographical
as a lawyer, and in 1970, he became a prosecutor for Directory of the United States Congress
Fayetteville district courts. In 1972, in his first bid for Persondata
elected office, Rose was elected to Congress from a dis- Name Rose, Charlie
trict stretching from Fayetteville to the coast.
Alternative names
Rose was known as a liberal, populist Democrat.
Although his views were not in line with many of the Short description
constituents of his conservative coastal district, he re- Date of birth August 10, 1939
mained popular because he was viewed as a champion of Place of birth Fayetteville, North Carolina
farmers. He was a member of the Intelligence and Agri-
cultural Committees. He also served as Chairman of the Date of death
House Administration Committee from 1991 - 1994. Place of death
In 1991, Rose chaired the House Committee investi-
gation of the George H. W. Bush administration’s role in
selling military supplies to Iraq.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charlie Rose (congressman)
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Succeeded by
Alton Asa Lennon from North Carolina’s 7th congressional dis- Mike McIntyre
trict
January 7, 1973 – January 7, 1997
Political offices
Preceded by Chairman of House Administration Commit- Succeeded by
Frank Annunzio tee Bill Thomas
Illinois 1991–1995 California
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