Charles Augustus Eldredge
Born: February 27, 1820
Birthplace: Bridport, Vermont
Father: William Augustus Eldredge 1795 – 1854
Mother: Rebecca Howe
Wife: Ann Marie Upham 1826 – 1880
(Buried: Rienzi Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)
Children:
Arch Bishop Eldredge 1853 – 1918
Mary Rebecca Eldredge Rood 1856 – 1929
(Buried: Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois)
Charles Eldredge 1861 – 1939
(Buried: Rienzi Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)
Adda Eldredge 1864 – 1955
(Buried: Rienzi Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Occupation before War:
1846 – 1848: Attorney in Canton, New York
1848 – 1863: Attorney in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
1854 – 1856: Wisconsin State Senator
Civil War Career:
1848 – 1863: Attorney in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
1862: Didn’t support the Emancipation Proclamation.
1863 – 1875: United States Congressman from Wisconsin
1863 – 1865: Member of House Revolutionary Claims Committee
1865 – 1867: Ranking Member of House Naval Affairs Committee
1865–1867: Ranking Member House Revolutionary Claims Committee
1865: Opposed the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Occupation after War:
1863 – 1875: United States Congressman from Wisconsin
1865 – 1877: Opposed Radical Republican Reconstruction.
1865 – 1867: Ranking Member of House Naval Affairs Committee
1865–1869: Ranking Member House Revolutionary Claims Committee
1867 – 1869: Member of House Judiciary Committee
1868: Voted Nay on the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.
1869 – 1875: Ranking Member of House Judiciary Committee
1871 – 1875: Ranking Member of House District of Columbia
1873: Supporter of Salary Grab Bill costing him his seat in Congress.
1874: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.
1874 – 1896: Attorney in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Died: October 26, 1896
Place of Death: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Age at time of Death: 76 years old
Burial Place: Rienzi Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
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