Charles Otto Lobeck (April 6, 1852 – January 30, 1920) was a

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politician who served four terms as a

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. Born in

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, he attended German Wallace College (Now

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) in

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and the Dyhrenfurth Commercial College in

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. He moved to

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in 1869 finding a job as a clerk in a general store. He was a commercial traveler in Iowa and Nebraska from 1875 to 1892. In 1892 he engaged in the hardware business in

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and worked until 1895. Also in 1892 he was elected as a

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to the Nebraska

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serving in 1893. From 1897 to 1903 he served in the Omaha

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, also selling real estate and insurance on the side. He switched parties to become a

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. He was a

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for Nebraska in 1900. He served as city controller from 1903 until 1911. He was elected as a

to the

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and to the three succeeding Congresses serving from March 4, 1911, to March 3, 1919. During his time in the house he became chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department during the Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses. He unsuccessfully ran for reelection in 1918, returning to the real estate and insurance business. He died in Omaha and is buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Omaha. He was a member of the

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church.

References

# # * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lobeck, Charles Otto 1852 births 1920 deaths Methodists from Nebraska Burials at Prospect Hill Cemetery (North Omaha, Nebraska) Baldwin Wallace University alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska 1900 United States presidential electors Nebraska state senators Omaha City Council members Nebraska Republicans