Charles F. McLaughlin
American politician (1887-1976)
Charles Francis McLaughlin (June 19, 1887 – February 5, 1976) was an American politician and judge who was a U.S. representative from Nebraska from 1935 to 1943 and a district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Education and career
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, McLaughlin attended the public schools and then received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of Nebraska in 1908. While at Nebraska he joined the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Columbia Law School in 1910 and was admitted to the bar the same year.
He was in private practice of law in Omaha, Nebraska from 1910 to 1935. He was a Special Master in Chancery for the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska from 1916 to 1918.
McLaughlin was in the United States Army American Expeditionary Forces from 1918 to 1919, during the World War I, serving as Captain of the 347th Field Artillery of the 91st Division, and was discharged on April 30, 1919. He was a Major in the Officers Reserve Corps of the United States Army Reserve from 1919 to 1921.
He was a delegate to the Nebraska state constitutional convention in 1920. He was a United States representative from Nebraska from 1935 to 1943.
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