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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—AlaskaCharles August SULZER
(1879-1919)
SULZER, Charles August,
(brother of William Sulzer), a Delegate from the Territory of
Alaska; born in Roselle, Union County, N.J., February 24, 1879;
attended the public schools, Pingry School, Elizabeth, N.J.,
Berkeley Academy, New York City, and the United States Military
Academy, West Point, N.Y.; during the Spanish-American War served
with the Fourth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteer Infantry; moved to
Alaska in 1902 and engaged in mining; member of the Alaska
Territorial senate in 1914; presented credentials as a Democratic
Delegate-elect to the Sixty-fifth Congress and served from March 4,
1917, to January 7, 1919, when he was succeeded by James
Wickersham, who contested his election; presented credentials as a
Delegate-elect to the Sixty-sixth Congress and served from March 4,
1919, until his death in Sulzer, Alaska, April 28, 1919, before the
convening of Congress; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Elizabeth,
N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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