Charles E. Nash

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Charles Edmund Nash
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th district
In office March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877
Preceded by	District Created
Succeeded by	Edward White Robertson
Born	May 23, 1844 Opelousas, Louisiana
Died	June 21, 1913 New Orleans, Louisiana
Political party	Republican

Charles Edmund Nash (May 23, 1844 – June 21, 1913) was a Representative from Louisiana.

Nash was born in Opelousas, Louisiana (St. Landry Parish). He attended the common schools. He was a bricklayer by trade. During the Civil War, he enlisted in 1863 as a private in the Eighty-second Regiment, United States Volunteers, and was promoted to the rank of sergeant major. In 1865, he was appointed night inspector of customs.

He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1877). He was unsuccessful as a candidate for reelection in 1876. Instead he became postmaster at Washington, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, from February 15, 1882, until May 1, 1882.

Nash died in New Orleans, Louisiana at age 69. He is interred there in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3.

[edit] References

• Charles E. Nash at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Political offices
Preceded by District Created	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th congressional district 1875–1877	Succeeded by Edward White Robertson