Charles Wesley Pitman

For other people named Charles Pittman, see Charles Pittman (disambiguation).

Charles Wesley Pitman (died June 8, 1871) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Charles Wesley Pitman was born in New Jersey. He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1838. He moved to Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the same year and conducted a school for boys, known as the Pottsville Academy.

Pitman was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress. He later became affiliated with the Republican Party. He was engaged extensively in the lumber business. He was elected sheriff of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in 1870 and served until his death in Pottsville in 1871. Interment in Presbyterian Cemetery.

Sources

Charles Wesley Pitman at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
The Political Graveyard

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by George N. Eckert	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district 1849 - 1851	Succeeded by Thomas M. Bibighaus

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Name	Pitman, Charles Wesley
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Short description	American politician
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Date of death	June 8, 1871
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