Charles S. Wharton
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Charles Stuart Wharton (April 22, 1875 - September 4, 1939) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Aledo, Illinois, Wharton moved to Chicago with his parents in 1878. He attended the public schools. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1896. He was admitted to the bar in 1896 and commenced practice in Chicago, Illinois. He served as prosecuting attorney for the town of Lake in 1899. He was appointed assistant city attorney of Chicago in 1903.
Wharton was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Chicago, Illinois. He served as member of the board of exemption and Government appeal agent at Chicago during the First World War. He served as an assistant corporation counsel in 1919. He was appointed assistant State's attorney in 1920 and served in this capacity until December 1923, when he resigned. He resumed the practice of law in Chicago, Illinois, until 1929. Operated a restaurant. He was author of several books. He died in Chicago, Illinois, September 4, 1939. He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.
