CHARLES GRENFILL WASHBURN

Washburn, Charles Grenfill (1857-1928), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., January 28, 1857; was graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1875 and from Harvard University in 1880; studied law; was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1887; connected with various manufacturing enterprises in Worcester; member of the State house of representatives in 1897 and 1898; served in the State senate in 1899 and 1900; member of the committee to revise the corporation laws of Massachusetts in 1902; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1904 and 1916; was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rockwood Hoar; reelected to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses and served from December 18, 1906, to March 3, 1911; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; president of the Washburn Co. of Worcester, Mass., until his death at Lenox, Berkshire County, Mass., May 25, 1928; interment in Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
Parents: Charles Francis Washburn, Mary Whiton
Spouse: Caroline Vinton Slater
Born: 21 Jul 1862 in Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island
Marriage Date: 25 Apr 1889 Providence, RI
Children Sex Birth
Elizabeth Washburn F 1892 in Worchester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Slater Washburn M 5 Aug 1896 in Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts
Charles Francis Washburn M 10 May 1898 in Worchester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Philip Washburn M 4 Oct 1899 in Worchester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Esther Vinton Washburn F 10 Aug 1902 in Princetown, Worcester, Massachusetts

Sources:
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Vital Records
U.S. Federal Census
Family Collections LDS
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell