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{{Short description|American politician (1867–1957)}}
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'''Charles Montague Bakewell''' (April 24, 1867 – September 19, 1957) was a university [[professor]] and Republican politician who served in the [[United States House of Representatives]].

==Early life==
Bakewell was born in [[Pittsburgh]] on April 24, 1867.  He attended the schools of Pittsburgh and the [[University of Pittsburgh]] before graduating from the [[University of California, Berkeley|University of California at Berkeley]] in 1889.  He received a [[master's degree]] from the University of California in 1891, and his [[PhD]] from [[Harvard University]] in 1894.  From 1894 to 1896, Bakewell attended the [[Universities of Berlin]], [[Strasbourg]], and [[Paris]].

==Academic career==
Bakewell was a philosophy instructor at Harvard University from 1896 to 1897, and the [[University of California]] from 1897 to 1898.  From 1898 to 1900, Bakewell was an associate professor at [[Bryn Mawr College]], and he was an associate professor and then professor at the University of California from 1900 to 1905.  From 1905 to 1933, Bakewell was a professor at [[Yale University]] 1905–1933.  In 1910, he served as president of the [[American Philosophical Association]].

==World War I==
During [[World War I]], Bakewell served under the Italian Commission of the [[American Red Cross]] in [[Italy]], holding the ranks of major and deputy commissioner while performing duties as an inspector and historian.

==Political career==
After the war, Bakewell was elected to the [[Connecticut State Senate]] as a Republican, and he served from 1920 to 1924.  From 1921 to 1923, he served as chairman of the state commission that revised and codified [[Connecticut]]'s educational laws.

In 1932, Bakewell was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]], and he served one term, March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1935.  He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934.  In 1936, he was a delegate to the [[Republican National Convention|Republican national Convention]].

==Death and burial==
Bakewell died in [[New Haven, Connecticut]] on September 19, 1957, and was buried at [[Grove Street Cemetery]] in New Haven.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Congbio|B000079}}
*{{Find a Grave|12649758}}
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bakewell-baldus.html Charles Montague Bakewell] at ''The Political Graveyard''
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Charles Montague Bakewell}}
* {{Librivox author |id=10546}}

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[[Category:1867 births]]
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[[Category:Burials at Grove Street Cemetery]]
[[Category:Republican Party Connecticut state senators]]
[[Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni]]
[[Category:Harvard University alumni]]
[[Category:Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut]]
[[Category:University of Pittsburgh alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century Connecticut politicians]]
[[Category:20th-century United States representatives]]


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