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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsCharles Russell CLASON
(1890-1985)
CLASON, Charles Russell, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, September 3, 1890; attended the public schools;
Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, A.B., 1911 and LL.D., 1914;
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., LL.B. and J.D., 1914;
Oxford University, England, M.A. and B.A., 1917; connected with the
Interstate Commerce Commission and the Department of Education,
Washington, D.C., in 1913 and 1914; member of the commission for
relief in Belgium in 1914 and 1915 and was decorated with the
Medaille du Roi Albert; was admitted to the bar in 1917 and
commenced practice in Boston, Mass.; during the First World War
served as a sergeant major in the Coast Artillery, United States
Army; instructor in law at Northeastern University, Springfield,
Mass., 1920-1937; assistant district attorney of the western
district of Massachusetts 1922-1926 and district attorney
1927-1930; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fifth and to the
five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1949);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first
Congress; resumed the practice of law; delegate to the Republican
National Conventions in 1952, 1956, and 1960; dean, Western New
England College School of Law, 1952-1970; was a resident of
Springfield, Mass., until his death there July 7, 1985; interment
in Longmeadow Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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