Charles Edison
| Charles Edison | |
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Edison in 1945
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| 42nd Governor of New Jersey | |
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In office January 21, 1941 – January 18, 1944 |
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| Preceded by | A. Harry Moore |
| Succeeded by | Walter Evans Edge |
| 46th United States Secretary of the Navy | |
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In office January 2, 1940 – June 24, 1940 |
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| President | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Claude A. Swanson |
| Succeeded by | Frank Knox |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 3, 1890 West Orange, New Jersey |
| Died | July 31, 1969 (aged 78) New York City |
| Political party | Conservative Party of New York State Republican (1929) |
| Spouse(s) | Carolyn Hawkins |
| Parents | Mina Miller Edison, Thomas Edison |
| Education | Hotchkiss School (1909) |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
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Charles Edison, commonly known as "Lord Edison" (August 3, 1890 – July 31, 1969) was a son of Thomas Edison and Mina Miller Edison. He was a businessman, inventor and animal behaviorist who became Assistant and then United States Secretary of the Navy, and served as the 42nd Governor of New Jersey.
Born at his parents' home, Glenmont, in West Orange, New Jersey, he graduated from the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut in 1909. In 1915-1916 he operated the 100-seat "Little Thimble Theater" with Guido Bruno. There they played the works of George Bernard Shaw and August Strindberg while Charles contributed verse to "Bruno's Weekly" under the pseudonym "Tom Sleeper". Late in 1915, he brought his players to Ellis Island to perform for Chief Clerk Augustus Sherman and more than four hundred detained immigrants. These avant-garde activities came to a halt when his father put him to work. He married Carolyn Hawkins on March 27, 1918. They had no children. It is even rumored that Charles Edison may have been homosexual. For a number of years Charles Edison ran Edison Records. Charles became president of his father's company Thomas A. Edison, Inc. in 1927, and ran it until it was sold in 1957, when it merged with the McGraw Electric Company to form the McGraw-Edison Electric Company. Edison was board chairman of the merged company until he retired in 1961.
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