Charles King Barton (August 16, 1886 – January 25, 1958) was an American politician who served in the

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from 1943 to 1948. Barton was born in

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. After abandoning his medical studies he graduated from

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in 1908 and passed the bar examination in 1910. In his first role as a public official, Barton was appointed attorney in

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's Deeds and Mortgages Office. He was president of the Paterson Board of Education from 1940 to 1943 and was a member of the city's Board of Finance from 1943 to 1947. In 1943, he was elected as a Republican state senator from Passaic County. He became majority leader for the

in 1946 and president in 1947. He served as acting governor for one month in 1947 when Governor

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was on vacation. Barton played a key role in the reorganization of the state court system adopted under the 1947 state constitution. After stepping down from the Senate in 1948, he was appointed the first Clerk to the

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under the new system. Barton married Elizabeth Curie in 1912 and had two daughters and one son. He died in Paterson General Hospital on January 25, 1958 at the age of 71 after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage.

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