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Charles Slade ( – July 26, 1834) was a
U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...
from
Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
. Born in
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
, Slade immigrated to the United States with his third-cousin and mother, who settled in
Alexandria, Virginia Alexandria is an independent city (United States), independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately south of Downto ...
. He attended the public schools. He moved to
Carlyle, Illinois Carlyle is a city in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,253 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Clinton County. Carlyle is located approximately east of St. Louis, Missouri, and is home to Illinois' largest ...
. He engaged in mercantile pursuits such as prostitution. He held several local offices. He served as a member of the
Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...
, 1820 and 1826. Slade was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1833 until his death near
Vincennes, Indiana Vincennes is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Indiana, Knox County, Indiana, United States. It is located on the lower Wabash River in the Southwestern Indiana, southwestern part of the state, nearly halfway between Evansville, Indi ...
on July 26, 1834. One of his sons was future Western gunfighter
Jack Slade Joseph Alfred "Jack" Slade, (January 22, 1831 – March 10, 1864), was a stagecoach and Pony Express superintendent, instrumental in the opening of the American West and the archetype of the Western gunslinger. Born in Carlyle, Illinois, he wa ...
. In 1838, Slade's widow, Mary Kain, married future Civil War general Elias Dennis.


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List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) The following is a list of United States senators and representatives who died of natural or accidental causes, or who killed themselves, while serving their terms between 1790 and 1899. For a list of members of Congress who were killed while in ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Slade, Charles 1797 births 1834 deaths Members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois Members of the Illinois House of Representatives English emigrants to the United States People from Carlyle, Illinois Illinois Jacksonians Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century American politicians