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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaCharles Alexander KORBLY
(1871-1937)
KORBLY, Charles Alexander,
a Representative from Indiana; born in Madison, Jefferson County,
Ind., March 24, 1871; attended the parochial schools of Madison and
St. Joseph’s College, near Effingham, Ill.; reporter and
editor of the Madison Herald; studied law; was admitted to the bar
in 1892 and commenced practice in Madison, Ind.; moved to
Indianapolis, Ind., in 1895 and continued the practice of law;
elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first, Sixty-second, and
Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1915); chairman,
Committee on Railways and Canals (Sixty-second Congress);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth
Congress; served as receiver general of insolvent national banks in
Washington, D.C., 1915-1917; member of the legal staff of the Alien
Property Custodian in 1918; served with the War Labor Board until
it dissolved in 1919 and with the Shipping Board until 1922;
resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C., in 1922; also
engaged in literary pursuits; died in Washington, D.C., July 26,
1937; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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