Ray County, Missouri Biographies - Charles Harley Mansur (1835-1895) Source: http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/RY.html#0G10RUS8X Charles Harley Mansur Charles Harley Mansur (1835-1895) also known as Charles H. Mansur of Chillicothe, Livingston County, Mo. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 6, 1835. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1887-93. Died in Washington, D.C., April 16, 1895. Interment at Richmond Cemetery. Source: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000115 Charles Harley Mansur, a Representative from Missouri; born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 6, 1835; attended Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass.; studied law and was admitted to the bar in Richmond, Mo., August 30, 1856; moved to Chillicothe, Mo., in 1856 and practiced law; member of the board of education of Chillicothe for eight years; member of the Democratic State central committee 1864-1868; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1868 and 1884; prosecuting attorney of Livingston County 1875-1879; joint nominee of the Democrats and Liberal Republicans for Congress in 1872, and again the nominee of the Democrats in the same district in 1880; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth, Fifty-first, and Fifty-second Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1893); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1892; appointed by President Cleveland as second Comptroller of the Treasury on May 29, 1893, and served until September 30, 1894; Assistant Comptroller from October 1, 1894, until his death in Washington, D.C., April 16, 1895; interment in Sunny Slope Cemetery, Richmond, Ray County, Mo. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by county coordinator mailto:moraycc@hotmail.com USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or their legal representative, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------