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Charles Murray Turpin (March 4, 1878 – June 4, 1946) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.[1][2]
Turpin was born inKingston, Pennsylvania on March 4, 1878, and attended theWyoming Seminary in Kingston.[3][4]
He served as a corporal in theUnited States Army during theSpanish–American War in Company F of the Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was a member of thePennsylvania National Guard from 1896 to 1901, rising to the rank of captain.[5]
He was employed as acarpenter, grocery clerk, and asteamboat captain before graduating from the dental department of theUniversity of Pennsylvania atPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania in 1904. After graduation, he commenced the practice ofdentistry in Kingston in 1905.[6]
He served as a member of the board of education from 1916 to 1922, burgess of Kingston from 1922 to 1926, andprothonotary ofLuzerne County, Pennsylvania from 1926 to 1929.[7]
Turpin was elected as a Republican to theSeventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofJohn J. Casey. He was reelected to theSeventy-second,Seventy-third, andSeventy-fourth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1936.[8][9]
He was appointed assistant chief clerk of the Luzerne County Assessor's Office inWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.[10]
Turpin died in Kingston and is buried in Forty Fort Cemetery,Forty Fort, Pennsylvania.[11][12]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 12th congressional district 1929–1937 | Succeeded by |
