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  Robertson, Charles R.
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NameCharles R. Robertson
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Bismarck, North Dakota , United States
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Born September 05, 1889
DiedFebruary 18, 1951 (61 years)
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Dec 13, 2014 01:56am
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InfoROBERTSON, Charles Raymond, a Representative from North Dakota; born on a farm near Madison, Wis., on September 5, 1889; assisted his father on a grain and stock farm in Columbia County, Wis., while attending public schools at Arlington and Poynette, Wis.; was graduated from Parker College, Winnebago, Minn.; held executive positions in wholesale and retail department stores throughout Minnesota and the Dakotas; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1940; member of the Republican State executive committee; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh Congress (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1943); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942; engaged in the retail business in Bismarck, N.Dak.; again elected to the Seventy-ninth and Eightieth Congresses (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1949); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1948; resumed the merchandising business in Bismarck, N.Dak., and paint manufacturing in Washington, D.C.; in 1949 was named an advisory member of the Hoover Commission on the reorganization of the Government; died in Bismarck, N.Dak., February 18, 1951; interment in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.


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  06/29/1948 ND At-Large - R Primary Lost 24.55% (-4.33%)
  11/05/1946 ND At-Large Won 36.94% (+0.00%)
  06/25/1946 ND At-Large - R Primary Won 29.06% (+0.00%)
  11/07/1944 ND At-Large Won 26.91% (+0.00%)
  06/27/1944 ND At-Large - R Primary Won 23.23% (+0.00%)
  11/03/1942 ND At-Large Lost 17.32% (-13.39%)
  06/30/1942 ND At-Large - R Primary Lost 26.18% (-6.42%)
  11/05/1940 ND At-Large Won 25.83% (+0.00%)
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