Charles L. Faust
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Charles Lee Faust was a U.S. Representative
from Missouri
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Born near Bellefontaine, Ohio
, Faust moved with his parents to a farm near Highland, Kansas
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He attended the public schools and Highland University
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He engaged in teaching in a country school near Highland 1898-1900.
He was graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1903, was admitted to the bar the same year, and commenced the practice of his profession in St. Joseph, Missouri.
City counselor of St. Joseph 1915-1919.
Faust was elected as a Republican
to the Sixty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1921, until his death.
He served as chairman of the Committee on the Census (Sixty-eighth Congress).
Had been reelected to the Seventy-first Congress.
He died December 17, 1928, at the United States Naval Hospital, Washington, D.C.
.
He was interred in Highland Cemetery, Highland, Kansas
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United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
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Born near Bellefontaine, Ohio
Bellefontaine, Ohio
Bellefontaine is a city in and the county seat of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The population was 13,069 at the 2000 census. It is the center of the Bellefontaine Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau in 2003...
, Faust moved with his parents to a farm near Highland, Kansas
Highland, Kansas
Highland is a city in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,012. It is part of the St. Joseph, MO–KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Highland is located at...
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He attended the public schools and Highland University
Highland University
Highland University was an instituttion of higher learning located in Highland, Kansas. It was established for the Sac and Fox Nation under the Presbyterian church Origins of the school date back to 1837. Highland Community College claims that its roots date back to this university, and thus...
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He engaged in teaching in a country school near Highland 1898-1900.
He was graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1903, was admitted to the bar the same year, and commenced the practice of his profession in St. Joseph, Missouri.
City counselor of St. Joseph 1915-1919.
Faust was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
to the Sixty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1921, until his death.
He served as chairman of the Committee on the Census (Sixty-eighth Congress).
Had been reelected to the Seventy-first Congress.
He died December 17, 1928, at the United States Naval Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
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He was interred in Highland Cemetery, Highland, Kansas
Highland, Kansas
Highland is a city in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,012. It is part of the St. Joseph, MO–KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Highland is located at...
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