Charles Hartman | |
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| United States Ambassador toEcuador | |
| In office September 30, 1913 – March 20, 1922 | |
| President | Woodrow Wilson |
| Preceded by | James Wilson |
| Succeeded by | James R. Partridge |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMontana'sat-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899 | |
| Preceded by | Montgomery Schuyler Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Gerhard A. Bading |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1861-03-01)March 1, 1861 Monticello, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | August 3, 1929(1929-08-03) (aged 68) Great Falls, Montana, U.S |
| Party | Democratic (after 1899) |
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| Education | Wabash College |
Charles Sampson Hartman (March 1, 1861 – August 3, 1929) was aU.S. representative fromMontana.
Born inMonticello,Indiana, Hartman attended the public schools andWabash College inCrawfordsville.He moved toBozeman, Montana, in January 1882.He studied law and wasadmitted to the bar in 1884, and began practicing in Bozeman. He was a probate judge ofGallatin County 1884–1886.He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1889.
Hartman was elected as aRepublican to theFifty-third andFifty-fourth Congresses.He was reelected as a Silver Republican to theFifty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1893, to March 3, 1899.He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1898.He served as delegate to the1896 Republican National Convention.He resumed the practice of law.
He became affiliated with theDemocratic Party in 1900.He served as delegate to the1900 Democratic National Convention.He was an unsuccessful candidate for election as aDemocrat in 1910 to theSixty-second Congress.He was appointedEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary toEcuador in July 1913 and served until May 14, 1922, when he returned to Bozeman.He moved toGreat Falls in 1926 and resumed the practice of law.He moved toFort Benton in 1927, having been appointed judge of the twelfth judicial district of Montana on March 3, 1927.
Hartman was elected to the same office in 1928, and served until his death in Great Falls, on August 3, 1929. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery in Fort Benton.
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMontana's at-large congressional district March 4, 1893–March 3, 1899 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | United States Envoy to Ecuador 30 September 1913–20 March 1922 | Succeeded by |
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