Charles Cyrus Kearns
| Charles Cyrus Kearns | |
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| Kearns in Washington, D.C. in 1916 | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 6th district | |
| In office March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1931 | |
| Preceded by | Simeon D. Fess |
| Succeeded by | James G. Polk |
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| Born | February 11, 1869 Tonica, Illinois |
| Died | December 17, 1931 (aged 62) Amelia, Ohio |
| Resting place | Mount Moriah Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Ohio Northern University, National Normal University, Cincinnati Law School |
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Charles Cyrus Kearns (February 11, 1869 – December 17, 1931) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.
Charles C. Kearns was born in Tonica, Illinois. He moved with his parents to Georgetown, Ohio, in 1874. He attended the public schools in Georgetown, Ohio, Ohio Northern University at Ada, and National Normal University in Lebanon, Ohio. He taught school in Brown County, Ohio. He graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1894, and was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Batavia, Ohio. He was the managing editor of the Las Vegas Daily Record in Las Vegas, New Mexico, in 1900 and 1901 and of the Daily Record in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1901 and 1902. He returned to Ohio in 1903 and practiced law in Batavia. He was the prosecuting attorney of Clermont County, Ohio, from 1906 to 1909.
Kearns was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the seven succeeding Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress. He was engaged in the practice of law at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1930, and died in Amelia, Ohio. Interment in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Tobasco, Ohio.
Sources
- Charles Cyrus Kearns at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- The Political Graveyard
- Charles Cyrus Kearns at Find a Grave
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