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Charles F. Manderson | |
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 Manderson, 1870–1880 | |
| President pro tempore of the United States Senate | |
| In office March 2, 1891 – March 22, 1893 | |
| Preceded by | John James Ingalls |
| Succeeded by | Isham G. Harris |
| United States Senator fromNebraska | |
| In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1895 | |
| Preceded by | Alvin Saunders |
| Succeeded by | John M. Thurston |
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| Born | Charles Frederick Manderson (1837-02-09)February 9, 1837 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | September 28, 1911(1911-09-28) (aged 74) Liverpool, England |
| Party | Republican |
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Charles Frederick Manderson (February 9, 1837 – September 28, 1911) was aUnited States senator fromNebraska from 1883 to 1895.
Born inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania, he attendedschool there and then moved toCanton, Ohio, in 1856, where he studied law. In 1859, he was admitted to thebar and commenced practice; in 1860, he was thecity solicitor of Canton.
Manderson entered theArmy during theCivil War as afirst lieutenant, and rose through the ranks to resign as acolonel in 1865; he was alsobrevettedbrigadier general of volunteers that year. He resumed the practice of law in Canton and was twice elected attorney ofStark County, Ohio.
In 1869, he moved toOmaha, Nebraska, and continued to practice law, and was the city attorney of Omaha for six years, as well as being a member of the Stateconstitutional conventions in 1871 and in 1875. Manderson was elected as aRepublican to the U.S. Senate in 1883, was reelected in 1888 and served from March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1895. During the Fifty-first, Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses, Manderson served aspresident pro tempore of the United States Senate. He was also chairman of the Committee on Printing in the Forty-eighth through Fifty-second Congresses.
Manderson was appointed general solicitor of theBurlington system of railroads west of the Missouri River, and was vice president of theAmerican Bar Association in 1899 and president in 1900. He died on board the steamshipCedric in the harbor ofLiverpool, England, on September 28, 1911, and was interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Omaha.
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 2) from Nebraska March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1895 Served alongside:Charles H. Van Wyck,Algernon S. Paddock,William V. Allen | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President pro tempore of the United States Senate March 2, 1891 – March 22, 1893 | Succeeded by |
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