Charles Hiram RANDALL, Congress, CA (1865-1951)

RANDALL Charles Hiram , a Representative from California; born in Auburn, Nemaha County, Nebr., July 23, 1865; attended the public schools; published newspapers at Kimball and Harrisburg, Nebr., 1885-1892; railway mail clerk 1892-1904; moved to Los Angeles, Calif., in 1904; engaged in newspaper work as editor and publisher; member of the Municipal Park Commission of Los Angeles in 1909 and 1910; member of the State assembly in 1911 and 1912; elected as a Prohibitionist to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, to March 3, 1921; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; resumed work for the advancement of the prohibition movement; member of the city council of Los Angeles, Calif., from July 1, 1925, to July 1, 1933; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress; died in Los Angeles, Calif., February 18, 1951; interment in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present