Charles V. Truax

Charles Vilas Truax


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's At-large district
In office March 4, 1933 – August 9, 1935
Preceded by	inactive
Succeeded by	Daniel S. Earhart
Personal details
Born	(1887-02-01)February 1, 1887 Sycamore, Ohio
Died	August 9, 1935(1935-08-09) (aged 48) Washington, D.C.
Resting place	Pleasant View Cemetery, Sycamore, Ohio
Political party	Democratic

Charles Vilas Truax (February 1, 1887 – August 9, 1935) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born on a farm near Sycamore, Ohio, Truax attended the public schools and graduated from Sycamore High School. He engaged in the implement business, and afterward, in agricultural pursuits. He was editor of the Swine World magazine from 1916-1921. He was appointed director of agriculture of Ohio by Gov. A. Victor Donahey in 1923 and served until 1929. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1928. He engaged in the life insurance business in Columbus, Ohio, in 1928. He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses and served from March 4, 1933, until his death in Washington, D.C., August 9, 1935. He was interred in Pleasant View Cemetery, Sycamore, Ohio.

Sources

United States Congress. "Charles V. Truax (id: T000386)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Charles V. Truax at Find a Grave
"Charles V. Truax". Ohio History Central.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by District re-established	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's at-large congressional district 1933-1935	Succeeded by Daniel S. Earhart

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 23rd, 24th, at-large, and the Northwest Territory's congressional districts

Ohio 23	George H. Bender (1953–1954) William Edwin Minshall Jr. (1955–1974) Ronald M. Mottl (1975–1983)

Ohio 24	Buz Lukens (1967–1971) Walter E. Powell (1971–1973)

Ohio At-large	Jeremiah Morrow (1803–1813) Robert Crosser (1913–1915) Charles V. Truax (1933–1935) Stephen M. Young (1933–1937) Daniel S. Earhart (1936–1937) John McSweeney (1937–1939) Harold G. Mosier (1937–1939) George H. Bender (1939–1949) L. L. Marshall (1939–1941) Stephen M. Young (1941–1943) Stephen M. Young (1949–1951) George H. Bender (1951–1953) Robert Taft Jr. (1963–1965) Robert E. Sweeney (1965–1967)

Northwest Territory At-large	William Henry Harrison (1799–1800) William McMillan (1800–1801) Paul Fearing (1801–1803)

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