Charles McGavin (January 10, 1874 – December 17, 1940) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, McGavin attended the common schools in

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and the high school in

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. He studied law. He was

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in 1897 and practiced two years in Springfield. He moved to

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in 1899 and resumed the practice of law. He served as assistant city attorney of Chicago in 1903 and 1904. McGavin was elected as a

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to the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1909). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1908. He resumed the practice of law in Chicago. He moved to

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in 1912 and practiced law until 1915, when he returned to Chicago. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1920. McGavin died in Chicago, Illinois, December 17, 1940. He was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McGavin, Charles 1874 births 1940 deaths Politicians from Chicago Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois People from Riverton, Illinois