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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsCharles Grenfill WASHBURN
(1857-1928)
WASHBURN, Charles
Grenfill, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in
Worcester, Mass., January 28, 1857; was graduated from Worcester
Polytechnic Institute in 1875 and from Harvard University in 1880;
studied law; was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1887; connected
with various manufacturing enterprises in Worcester; member of the
State house of representatives in 1897 and 1898; served in the
State senate in 1899 and 1900; member of the committee to revise
the corporation laws of Massachusetts in 1902; delegate to the
Republican National Conventions in 1904 and 1916; was elected as a
Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Rockwood Hoar; reelected to the Sixtieth and
Sixty-first Congresses and served from December 18, 1906, to March
3, 1911; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the
Sixty-second Congress; director of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Boston; president of the Washburn Co. of Worcester, Mass., until
his death at Lenox, Berkshire County, Mass., May 25, 1928;
interment in Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
Bibliography
Haynes, George Henry. The Life of Charles G. Washburn.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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