Charles Gustav Binderup

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Charles Gustav Binderup (March 5, 1873 – August 19, 1950) was a Nebraska Democratic politician.

Born in Horsens, Denmark, when he was six months old his parents immigrated to the United States settling on a farm near Hastings, Nebraska. He attended Grand Island Business College and farmed near Hastings and Minden, Nebraska. He was in the mercantile and creamery business in Minden.

He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses from January 3, 1935 to January 3, 1939, but failed to be reelected in 1938. He ran as an Independent for the Seventy-seventh Congress but was defeated again. He helped organize the Constitutional Money League of America in Minden. He died in Minden on August 19, 1950 and is buried in Minden Cemetery. He was a member of the Presbyterian church.

Preceded by Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 4th congressional district January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939

Succeeded by Carl T. Curtis (R)

[edit] References

1. The Political Graveyard. Binderup, Charles Gustav. Retrieved on January 18, 2006.
2. Congressional Bioguide. Binderup, Charles Gustav. Retrieved on January 18, 2006.

• This article incorporates facts obtained from The Political Graveyard.

• Charles Gustav Binderup at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress