Charles C. Carlin
| Charles Creighton Carlin | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 8th district |
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In office November 5, 1907 – March 3, 1919 |
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| Preceded by | John Franklin Rixey |
| Succeeded by | R. Walton Moore |
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April 8, 1866 Alexandria, Virginia |
| Died | October 14, 1938 (aged 72) Washington, DC |
| Resting place | Ivy Hill Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Lilian E. Broders |
| Alma mater | National University Law School |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Religion | Methodist |
Charles Creighton Carlin (April 8, 1866 – October 14, 1938) was an American lawyer, newspaper publisher and Democratic politician who served in the United States House of Representatives representing Virginia's 8th congressional district.
Born in Alexandria, Virginia shortly after the American Civil War to railroad worker William Henry Carlin (1828 - 1870) and his wife Frances Elizabeth Eskridge (1826-1891), Carlin lost his father as a boy. However, his mother took in boarders and later worked as a teacher to support the family, and Charles was able to attended local public schools and Alexandria Academy. Seven of his mother's family had served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and one (lawyer George Eskridge) had served on the vestry of Alexandria's Christ Church and as the guardian of Mary Ball, who later became George Washington's mother. His parents had married in Fauquier County, Virginia in 1852, and William H. Carlin had served as a Confederate private in the 3rd Virginia Infantry. Before his early death, the young family also included daughters Mary (b. 1858) and Fannie (b. 1868) and another son Franklin (1862-1917) (son W. B. Carlin died as an infant in 1859).
Charles Carlin worked as a clerk (as did his elder brother Franklin) to support the family, and then attended the National University Law School, across the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. (now part of George Washington University School of Law).
He married Lilian E. Broders (1867-1945) of Alexandria on October 28, 1891, and they would have two sons: Charles Keith Carlin (1892 - 1965, who likewise became a lawyer after serving in the Army Air Force during both World Wars but moved to California) and Charles Creighton Carlin (1900 - 1966, who succeeded his father at the newspaper).
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