Charles Franklin West (January 12, 1895 – December 27, 1955) was an American educator and politician who served two terms as a member of the

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from 1931 to 1935.

Biography

West was born in

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. he received his education at local schools, and in later years, graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1918 and enrolled at

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in 1920. Between the years of 1924 and 1930, he served as a professor of

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. West was nominated, and elected as a

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to the seventy second and seventy-third congresses, he took up this role between March 4, 1931 and January 3, 1935. West had an unsuccessful nomination to become the

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, however despite this failing to succeed, West continued other roles including delegate to the Democratic National Convention, among other careers at different times. Between 1940 and 1947, West engaged in unknown private business, only to leave this and become a professor at

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. West received the Democratic nomination to the eighty-fourth congress, but withdrew before the election.West, Charles
Biographical information. Retrieved on 2007-12-18 he died in Bradenton, Florida, aged 60.

References

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