Charles Henry Martin (August 28, 1848 – April 19, 1931) was a
United States representative
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from
North Carolina
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. Martin was born near
Youngsville,
Franklin County, N.C., on August 28, 1848. He attended the common schools and the preparatory department of
Wake Forest College
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, graduating from Wake Forest in 1872 and from the
University of Virginia
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at Charlottesville in 1875. He later studied at the
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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in
Louisville, Kentucky
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.
Martin worked as a principal of the high schools at
Badin
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Badin is often called 'Sugar State' due to its production of sugar.
Badin ...
and
Lumberton, North Carolina
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Located in southern North Carolina's Inner Banks region, Lumberton is located on the Lum ...
, and was a professor of
Latin
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at a female college at
Murfreesboro, North Carolina
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, and later taught at Wake Forest College. He was admitted to the
bar
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in 1879, practicing law in
Louisburg and later in
Raleigh
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. Martin was ordained as a
Baptist
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minister in 1887.
Martin moved to
Polkton, North Carolina
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The town is named after its founder, Leonidas L. Polk.
History
Polkton was founded by Leonidas L ...
, after marrying Mary Williams, who was from that area. There, he ran against Democrat
James A. Lockhart for Congress (
6th District) as a
Populist
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in 1894. After Lockhart was at first declared the winner, Martin successfully contested the election and was seated by the House during the
Fifty-fourth Congress
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. He was reelected to the
Fifty-fifth Congress
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and served from June 5, 1896, to March 3, 1899. Martin did not seek renomination in 1898 and resumed his ministerial duties at Polkton, where he died on April 19, 1931.
His great-grandfather was
Nathaniel Macon
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.
References
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1848 births
1931 deaths
People from Youngsville, North Carolina
Baptists from North Carolina
People's Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
North Carolina lawyers
North Carolina Populists
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary alumni
University of Virginia alumni
Wake Forest University alumni
Wake Forest University faculty
People from Polkton, North Carolina
Members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina