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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyCharles Robert HOWELL
(1904-1973)
HOWELL, Charles Robert, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Trenton, Mercer County,
N.J., April 23, 1904; attended Trenton public schools and graduated
from Hoosac School, Hoosick, N.Y.; student at Princeton University
in 1923 and 1924 and took special courses at the University of
Pennsylvania in 1936 and 1937; insurance broker in Trenton, N.J.,
1928-1954; elected to the New Jersey house of assembly in 1944,
reelected in 1945, and served until 1947; elected as a Democrat to
the Eighty-first and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1949-January 3, 1955); was not a candidate for renomination in 1954
but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States
Senate; appointed New Jersey State Commissioner of Banking and
Insurance in February 1955, serving until March 1, 1969; delegate
at large to the Democratic National Convention in 1956; died in
Trenton, N.J., July 5, 1973; cremated; ashes scattered at sea off
Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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