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Charles Frederick Manderson Biography

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MANDERSON, Charles Frederick (1837-1911). An American soldier and politician, born in Philadelphia. He removed in 1856 to Canton, Ohio, where, in 1859, he was admitted to the bar, and at the outbreak of the Civil War enlisted in the Federal army. He rose to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers, resigning in April, 1865, because of wounds. He was twice elected prosecuting attorney of Stark County. In 1869 he removed to Omaha, Neb., and was for six years city attorney, and was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1871 and again in 1874. He served as a Republican in the United States Senate from 1883 to 1895, and was President pro tempore of the Senate for the Fifty-first and the Fifty-second Congresses (1891-95). Afterward until his death he was general solicitor for the Burlington Railroad System west of the Missouri River. In 1899 he was elected president of the American Bar Association.