Charles Pelham (congressman)

For other people named Charles Pelham, see Charles Pelham (disambiguation).

Charles Pelham (March 12, 1835 – January 18, 1908) was an American lawyer, politician, and Confederate Civil War veteran who served one term as a U.S. congressional representative from Alabama from 1873 to 1875.

Charles Pelham
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 3rd district
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Preceded by	William A. Handley
Succeeded by	Taul Bradford
Personal details
Born	Charles Pelham (1835-03-12)March 12, 1835 Person County, North Carolina
Died	January 18, 1908(1908-01-18) (aged 72) Poulan, Georgia
Political party	Republican

Biography

Pelham was born in Person County, North Carolina. Pelham moved with his parents to Alabama in 1838, where his brother John Pelham was born. There, Charles Pelham attended the common schools and later studied law.

Legal career

In 1858, he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Talladega, Alabama.

Civil War

After the beginning of the U.S. Civil War, Pelham entered the Confederate army in 1862 and served as first lieutenant of Company C, Fifty-first Regiment, Alabama Infantry.

Judge

After the war, he served as judge of the tenth judicial circuit of Alabama from 1868 until 1873.

Congress

Pelham was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875).

Later career

When he was not renominated in 1874, Pelham resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C. Late in life, he was appointed a clerk in the Treasury Department.

Death

In 1907, he moved to Poulan, Georgia, where he died the following year on January 18, 1908. He was interred in the Presbyterian Cemetery.

See also

• Samuel Taylor Suit, who married Pelham's daughter Rosa

References

• United States Congress. "Charles Pelham (id: P000192)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

• Charles Pelham. Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Alliance.