Charles E. Winter | |
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| Attorney General of Puerto Rico | |
| In office 1932–1933 | |
| Governor | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. James R. Beverley |
| Preceded by | James R. Beverley |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Jason Horton |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromWyoming'sat-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929 | |
| Preceded by | Frank W. Mondell |
| Succeeded by | Vincent M. Carter |
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| Born | (1870-09-13)September 13, 1870 Muscatine, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | April 22, 1948(1948-04-22) (aged 77) Casper, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Nebraska Wesleyan University |
Charles Edwin Winter (September 13, 1870 – April 22, 1948) was an American attorney, politician, and author who served as a member of theUnited States House of Representatives forWyoming's at-large congressional district from 1923 to 1929.
Born inMuscatine, Iowa, he attended public schools andIowa Wesleyan College inMount Pleasant. He graduated from theNebraska Wesleyan University in 1892, studied law, and was admitted to thebar in 1895.
Winter began his legal career inOmaha, Nebraska. He moved toEncampment, Wyoming, in 1902 and toCasper in 1903. He was a delegate to theRepublican National Convention in 1908 and was a judge of the sixth judicial district of Wyoming from 1913 to 1919. He resigned from the bench and resumed the practice of law at Casper.
Winter was elected as aRepublican to theSixty-eighth,Sixty-ninth, andSeventieth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1923, to March 3, 1929; he was not a candidate for renomination in 1928, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to theU.S. Senate. He wasattorney general of Puerto Rico in 1932 and 1933, and served asacting governor. He later resumed the practice of law in Wyoming and died in Casper in 1948.
During the summer of 1903, while traveling on a train in Pennsylvania, Winter wrote the lyrics to "Wyoming", the official state song. His western novels includedGrandon of Sierra, about a cowboy who gives up ranging to be a prospector in the Encampment copper rush, andBen Warman, which was adapted into the 1920 filmDangerous Love.Gold of Freedom was set in Wyoming'sSouth Pass.[1]
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| Preceded by | Republican nominee forU.S. Senator fromWyoming (Class 1) 1928 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromWyoming's at-large congressional district March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929 | Succeeded by |
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