Charles Laban Abernethy | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina's3rd district | |
| In office November 7, 1922 – January 3, 1935 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel M. Brinson |
| Succeeded by | Graham Arthur Barden |
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| Born | (1872-03-18)March 18, 1872 |
| Died | February 23, 1955(1955-02-23) (aged 82) |
| Party | Democratic |
Charles Laban Abernethy (March 18, 1872 – February 23, 1955) was aDemocraticU.S. Congressman fromNorth Carolina between 1922 and 1935.
Born inRutherford College, North Carolina, Abernethy attended local public schools inRutherford College before moving toBeaufort, North Carolina in 1893. There, he founded theBeaufort Herald newspaper. Abernethy studied law at theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was admitted to the bar in 1895. Practicing law in Beaufort, he was solicitor of the third (later the fifth) judicial circuit for twelve years, and a member of the executive committee of theNorth Carolina Democratic Party between 1898 and 1900.
Abernethy moved toNew Bern, North Carolina in 1913, and continued to practice law there. In 1922, he was chosen, in a special election, to fill the seat vacated by the death of Rep.Samuel M. Brinson; he was re-elected to five more terms, serving between November 7, 1922 and January 3, 1935, before being defeated for re-election in 1934. After leaving Congress, he resumed his law practice, retiring in 1938.
Abernethy died in 1955 in New Bern and is buried inCedar Grove Cemetery.[1]
He was a cousin to North Carolina's firstPoet LaureateArthur Talmage Abernethy.[2]
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