Charles August Sulzer | |
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Territorial Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Alaska | |
In office March 4, 1919 – April 28, 1919 |
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Preceded by | James Wickersham |
Succeeded by | George Barnes Grigsby |
In office March 4, 1917 – January 7, 1919 |
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Preceded by | James Wickersham |
Succeeded by | James Wickersham |
Personal details | |
Born |
Roselle, New Jersey, U.S. |
February 24, 1879
Died | April 28, 1919 Sulzer, Alaska Territory, U.S. |
(aged 40)
Political party | Democratic |
Relations | William Sulzer (brother) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Service/branch | United States Army |
Years of service | 1898 |
Unit | Fourth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteer Infantry |
Battles/wars | Spanish–American War |
Charles August Sulzer (February 24, 1879 – April 28, 1919) was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of Alaska.
He was born on February 24, 1879 in Roselle, New Jersey in Union County. He attended the public schools, Pingry School in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Berkeley Academy in New York City, and the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. During the Spanish–American War, he served with the Fourth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. Charles Sulzer moved to Alaska in 1902 and engaged in mining.
He was a member of the Alaska Territorial Senate in 1914. He presented his credentials as a Democratic delegate-elect to the Sixty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1917 to January 7, 1919, when he was succeeded by James Wickersham, who had contested his election. He later presented his credentials as a Delegate-elect to the Sixty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1919 until his death in Sulzer, Alaska on April 28, 1919, before the convening of Congress. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside, New Jersey. His brother, William Sulzer, was also a congressman and a governor of New York.