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Charles Allen Culberson
Charles Allen Culberson
Charles Allen Culberson
United States Senator from Texas In office March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1923 Preceded by Succeeded by Roger Q. Mills Earle B. Mayfield
21st Governor of Texas In office January 15, 1895 – January 17, 1899 Lieutenant Preceded by Succeeded by George Taylor Jester Jim Hogg Joseph D. Sayers
Attorney General of Texas In office 1891 – 1895 Born Died Resting place Political party Spouse Profession June 10, 1855(1855-06-10) Dadeville, Alabama March 19, 1925 (aged 69) Washington, D.C. Fort Worth, Texas Democrat Sally Harrison lawyer, public servant
Charles Allen Culberson (June 10, 1855 – March 19, 1925) was an American political figure and Democrat who served as governor of Texas from 1895 – 1899, and as a United States Senator from Texas from 1899 – 1923. Culberson was born to Eugenia (Kimball) and David Browning Culberson in Dadeville, Alabama, but in 1856 his family moved to Texas, settling first in Gilmer and later in Jefferson. He attended Virginia Military Institute, graduating in 1874, and subsequently studied law at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1876 and 1877. In 1877 he was admitted to the bar in Daingerfield, Texas, and commenced practice in Jefferson. He moved to Dallas in 1887. Culberson’s political career began with his election as Attorney General of Texas in 1890, a position he held until 1895, after campaigning for and winning the governor’s race in November 1894. After two terms as governor, he was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat on January 25, 1899. Early during his tenure, he served on the Lodge Committee investigating war crimes in the Philippine-American War. Later, he chaired several senate committees, including the judiciary committee, which he chaired from 1913 – 1919. Culberson was reelected in 1905, 1911, and, again, by popular vote in 1916, when health problems and alcoholism prevented him from campaigning in Texas but didn’t prevent his reelection. However, his health and opposition to the Ku Klux Klan finally led to the loss of his seat in 1922.[1] Culberson lived in retirement until his death from pneumonia in Washington, D.C. on March 19, 1925. He is buried in East Oakwood Cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas. Culberson was a distant cousin of current U.S. Representative John Culberson, who represents Texas’ 7th congressional district.
References
[1] TSHA Online - Texas State Historical Association - Home at www.tshaonline.org
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Political offices Preceded by James Stephen Hogg Preceded by Clarence D. Clark United States Senate Preceded by Roger Q. Mills United States Senator (Class 1) from Texas 1899 – 1923
Served alongside: Horace Chilton, Joseph W. Bailey, Rienzi M. Johnston, Morris Sheppard
Charles Allen Culberson
Governor of Texas 1895 – 1899
Succeeded by Joseph D. Sayers
Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Succeeded by Knute Nelson Committee 1912 – 1919 Succeeded by Earle B. Mayfield
• Charles Allen Culberson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Charles Allen Culberson from the Handbook of Texas Online
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