Charles Bateman Timberlake (September 25, 1854 - May 31, 1941) was a U.S. Representative

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 from Colorado

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Born in Wilmington, Ohio

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, Timberlake attended the common schools and Earlham College

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, Richmond, Indiana

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 from 1871 to 1874.
He taught school.
He moved to Colorado in 1885, and settled near Holyoke

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, Phillips County

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He engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising.
He served as member of the Republican State committee 1892-1910.
He served as superintendent of schools of Phillips County 1889-1895 and
as county clerk 1895-1897.
He was appointed receiver of the United States land office at Sterling, Colorado

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, on July 1, 1897, and served until April 30, 1914.

Timberlake was elected as a Republican

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 to the Sixty-fourth

64th United States Congress

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 and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1933).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932.
He engaged in banking in Sterling, Colorado, until his death there on May 31, 1941.
He was interred in Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins

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