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Charles Hall Dillon | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromSouth Dakota's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919 | |
| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Charles A. Christopherson |
| Member of theSouth Dakota Senate | |
| In office 1903 | |
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| Born | (1853-12-18)December 18, 1853 nearJasper, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | September 15, 1929(1929-09-15) (aged 75) Vermillion, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Resting place | Yankton Cemetery |
| Party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Indiana University Maurer School of Law |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Charles Hall Dillon (December 18, 1853 – September 15, 1929) was a member of theUnited States House of Representatives from South Dakota (1913–19). He later served on theSouth Dakota Supreme Court. He was born nearJasper, Indiana in 1853.
He attended the public schools, and received his undergraduate degree fromIndiana University Bloomington in 1854, with a graduate law degree two years later fromIndiana University Maurer School of Law. He started his career as an attorney in Jasper, later moving toMarion, Iowa in 1881, toMitchell,Dakota Territory, in 1882, and toYankton, South Dakota in 1884.
He was first elected to theSouth Dakota Senate in 1903, serving through 1911. He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1900 and 1908. In 1913, he won election to theUnited States House of Representatives, remaining in that capacity through 1918, when he lost the Republican primary for renomination to a fourth term. On April 5, 1917, he was one of 50 representatives who voted against declaring war on Germany. He returned to Yankton, moving in 1922 toVermillion, South Dakota, after being made an associate justice of theSouth Dakota Supreme Court, where he remained until 1926.
He went on to seek election to theUnited States Senate, and retired from active political life in 1926.
He died in Vermillion, South Dakota in 1929, aged 75. He is buried in the Yankton Cemetery.
He married the daughter ofBartlett Tripp.
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