Sloan, Charles H.

Charles H. Sloane

• Born May 2, 1863 in Monticelle, Iowa to James and Elizabeth Sloan.

• Died June 2, 1846 in Geneva, Nebraska.

• Married to Emma Margaret Porter Sloan in 1889.

• Parents of three children:  Ethel, Frank Blaine, and Charles Porter.

• In 1884, he graduated from Iowa State University and moved to Fairmont, NE where he became the city schools superintendent.

• After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1887 and began practicing in Geneva, NE.

• He was a director of Geneva State Bank.

• From 1890 to 1894, he was the prosecuting attorney for Fillmore County.

• From 1894 to 1896, he was a member of the state senate.

• In 1903, he was the chairman of the Republican State Convention.

• In 1911, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress and the three succeeding congresses serving until 1919.

• In 1929, he ran again for the Seventy-first Congress and won, serving until 1931.

• After his term, he resumed the practice of law and was in banking until his death.