Charles TATGENHORST, Jr., Congress, OH (1883-1961)

TATGENHORST, Charles, Jr., a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, August 19, 1883; educated in the public schools of Cincinnati; was graduated from Cincinnati Law School in 1910; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Cincinnati; assistant city solicitor for Cincinnati 1914-1919; moved to Cleves, Ohio, in 1919 and continued the practice of law; elected as a Republican to the Seventieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ambrose E.B. Stephens and served from November 8, 1927, to March 3, 1929; was not a candidate for renomination in 1928; again resumed the practice of his profession in Cincinnati, Ohio; elected judge of the court of appeals of the first appellate district of Ohio on November 3, 1936, and served until February 8, 1937; Ohio State bar examiner 1938-1942; in January 1941 became a member of the Ohio State Banking Board; director of Cincinnati Street Railway Co. and Sullivan Electric Co.; died in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 13, 1961; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present