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Charles Hedding Rowland (December 20, 1860 – November 24, 1921) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Charles H. Rowland was born in Hancock, Maryland. He moved to Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, in 1866 and to Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, in 1874. He was president of the Moshannon Coal Mining Co. and of the Pittsburgh & Susquehanna Railroad Company.

Rowland was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1918.

He died in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, aged 60, and was interred in the Philipsburg Cemetery.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Charles E. Patton

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district 1915 - 1919

Succeeded by Evan J. Jones