Charles W. Staudenmeier
American politician
Charles W. Staudenmeier (November 4, 1894 – January 12, 1988) was a Republican Pennsylvania State Senator from 1933 to 1936. He also served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for 10 consecutive years from 1923 until 1932. Later he was elected as a Schuylkill County judge from 1947 to 1967.
History
Staudenmeier was the son of Joseph Staudenmeier (1856-1944) and Margaret Lutz (1852-1950). He married Sara E. Daley on August 20, 1922. He had four children, Charles W. Jr, Dr. James J, Margaret Whalen, and Sally Margraf. He graduated from Ashland High School in 1912 and went on to attend Villanova University before graduating from Dickinson School of Law in 1916. Staudenmeier joined the United States Army shortly thereafter and served during World War I as an instructor at Camp Meigs, Washington, DC. When he returned to Ashland, he began his law practice in Ashland and Pottsville.
He first ran for public office in 1922 and won election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
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