Charles Napoleon Brumm | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th district |
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In office November 6, 1906 – January 4, 1909 |
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Preceded by | George R. Patterson |
Succeeded by | Alfred B. Garner |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th district |
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In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 |
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Preceded by | James B. Reilly |
Succeeded by | James W. Ryan |
In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1889 |
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Preceded by | John W. Ryon |
Succeeded by | James B. Reilly |
Personal details | |
Born |
Pottsville, Pennsylvania |
June 9, 1838
Died | January 11, 1917 | (aged 78)
Political party |
Greenback (1881-1885) Republican |
Charles Napoleon Brumm (June 9, 1838 – January 11, 1917) was a Greenbacker and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Charles N. Brumm was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and Pennsylvania College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He studied law for two years.
Under the first call of President Abraham Lincoln for three-months’ men, Brumm enlisted as a private and was elected the first lieutenant of Company I, Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He reenlisted in 1861 for three years and was elected first lieutenant of Company K, Seventy-sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was detailed on the staff of General Barton as assistant quartermaster and aide-de-camp, which position he held under General Barton and General Galusha Pennypacker until the expiration of his term of service in 1871.
After the war Brumm resumed the study of law, and was admitted to the bar in 1871. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1878.
Brumm was elected as a Greenbacker to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses and as a Republican to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1888. He was a delegate to the 1884 Republican National Convention.