Charles L. Gifford | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts | |
| In office November 7, 1922 – August 23, 1947 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Walsh |
| Succeeded by | Donald W. Nicholson |
| Constituency | 16th district (1922–33) 15th district (1933–43) 9th district (1943–47) |
| Member of theMassachusetts Senate | |
| In office 1914–1919 | |
| Member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1912–1913 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Laceille Gifford (1871-03-15)March 15, 1871 |
| Died | August 23, 1947(1947-08-23) (aged 76) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Occupation | Schoolteacher; Businessman |
Charles Laceille Gifford (March 15, 1871 – August 23, 1947) was aUnited States representative fromMassachusetts He was born inCotuit on March 15, 1871. Through his father he was a descendant ofRobert Pike,George Phillips,Richard Saltonstall andWilliam Phelps, through his mother he was a descendant ofJohn Humphrey,Thomas Hastings (colonist) and the QuakerChristopher Holder.[1] Gifford attended the common schools and taught in Massachusetts andConnecticut from 1890 to 1900. He later engaged in the real estate business onCape Cod as the owner of several summer cottages rented by vacationers and the operator of the Cotuit Inn. Gifford then became interested inoyster raising as president of the Cotuit Oyster Company and incranberry farming.
He was elected a member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives (1912–1913) and served in theMassachusetts State Senate (1914–1919).
He was elected as aRepublican to the Sixty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofJoseph Walsh and, the same day, was elected to the Sixty-eighth Congress. He was reelected to the Sixty-ninth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from November 7, 1922, to his death. He was chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 3 (Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses) and theCommittee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives (Seventy-first Congress). He was in favor of helping Great Britain during World War II before American entry into the war. This was the issue on which he ran in the 1940 House election, his opponent was isolationist DemocratGeorge F. Backus who was outspokenly antisemitic and anti-British. Gifford countered by being outspokenly pro-British and denouncing antisemitism.[2] Gifford voted in favor of the 1941 Lend Lease Act.[3]
Gifford died in Cotuit on August 23, 1947, and was buried in Cotuit's Mosswood Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 16th congressional district November 7, 1922 – March 3, 1933 | Succeeded by District eliminated |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 15th congressional district March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943 | Succeeded by District eliminated |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 9th congressional district January 3, 1943 – August 23, 1947 | Succeeded by |
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