Charlie Rose (congressman)

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Charles Grandison (Charlie) Rose III (born August 10, 1939) was a Democratic United States Congressman who served from 1973 to 1997.

Rose was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He attended Davidson College, earning his LL.B., and he received his Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For several years, Rose practiced as a lawyer, and in 1970, he became a prosecutor for Raleigh district courts. In 1973, Rose successfully ran for Congress to gain his first political office.

Rose was known as a liberal, populist Democrat. Although some of his views were not in line with those of his generally conservative constituents, he remained popular because he was viewed as a champion of the farmers. He was a member of the Intelligence and Agricultural Committees.

In 1991, Rose chaired the House Committee investigation of the George H. W. Bush administration's role in selling military supplies to Iraq. However, Rose was also accused of being involved in these sales.

In 1997, Rose retired from the House.