Charles K. Wheeler
| Charles K. Wheeler | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 1st district |
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In office March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903 |
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| Preceded by | John Kerr Hendrick |
| Succeeded by | Ollie Murray James |
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April 18, 1863 Christian County, Kentucky |
| Died | June 15, 1933 (aged 70) Paducah, Kentucky |
| Resting place | Oak Grove Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Kirkpatrick Guthrie |
| Alma mater |
Rhodes College Cumberland University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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Charles Kennedy Wheeler (April 18, 1863 – June 15, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Charles K. Wheeler was born near Hopkinsville in Christian County, Kentucky. He was the youngest of twelve children born to Dr. James and Elizabeth (Watkins) Wheeler. His father was a doctor who immigrated from England around 1830.
Wheeler received his early education from a private tutor. At age seventeen, he graduated from Southwestern University in Clarksville, Tennessee (now Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee). He then studied law at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee, graduating in 1880. He was admitted to the bar the same year through the enactment of a special grant by the State legislature and commenced practice in Paducah, Kentucky.
On October 10, 1888, Wheeler married Mary Kirkpatrick Guthrie. The couple had four children – James Guthrie Wheeler and Mary Wheeler, Charlotte Wheeler, and Margaret Wheeler.
Wheeler was known as an outstanding orator, and frequently campaigned on behalf of Democratic candidates for office. He served as an assistant presidential elector for his party in the presidential elections of 1884 and 1888 and was the elector for the First District in 1892. In 1892, he was elected city solicitor of Paducah, serving until 1896.
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