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<p>Moving <a href="/index.php?title=Category:20th-century_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives (page does not exist)">Category:20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives</a> to <a href="/index.php?title=Category:20th-century_United_States_representatives&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:20th-century United States representatives (page does not exist)">Category:20th-century United States representatives</a> per <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categories_for_discussion/Speedy" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy">Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|American politician (1872–1955)}}<br /> {{for|the Scottish-American scientist|Charles Lawrence Abernethy}}<br /> {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2016}}<br /> {{Infobox officeholder<br /> |name = Charles Laban Abernethy<br /> |image = Charles Laban Abernethy.jpg<br /> |caption = <br /> |state = [[North Carolina]]<br /> |district = {{ushr|North Carolina|3|3rd}}<br /> |term_start = November 7, 1922 <br /> |term_end = January 3, 1935<br /> |predecessor = [[Samuel M. Brinson]]<br /> |successor = [[Graham Arthur Barden]] <br /> |birth_name =<br /> |birth_date = {{Birth date|1872|3|18}}<br /> |birth_place = [[Rutherford College, North Carolina]]<br /> |death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|2|23|1872|3|18}}<br /> |death_place = [[New Bern, North Carolina]]<br /> |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Charles Laban Abernethy&#039;&#039;&#039; (March 18, 1872 – February 23, 1955) was a [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Congressman]] from [[North Carolina]] between 1922 and 1935.<br /> <br /> Born in [[Rutherford College, North Carolina]], Abernethy attended local public schools in [[Rutherford College, North Carolina|Rutherford College]] before moving to [[Beaufort, North Carolina]] in 1893. There, he founded the &#039;&#039;Beaufort Herald&#039;&#039; newspaper. Abernethy studied law at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] and was admitted to the bar in 1895. Practicing law in Beaufort, he was solicitor of the third (later the fifth) judicial circuit for twelve years, and a member of the executive committee of the [[North Carolina Democratic Party]] between 1898 and 1900.<br /> <br /> Abernethy moved to [[New Bern, North Carolina]] in 1913, and continued to practice law there. In 1922, he was chosen, in a special election, to fill the seat vacated by the death of Rep. [[Samuel M. Brinson]]; he was re-elected to five more terms, serving between November 7, 1922 and January 3, 1935, before being defeated for re-election in 1934. After leaving Congress, he resumed his law practice, retiring in 1938.<br /> <br /> Abernethy died in 1955 in New Bern and is buried in [[Cedar Grove Cemetery (New Bern, North Carolina)|Cedar Grove Cemetery]].&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&amp;FScemeteryid=47072 Find A Grave: Cedar Grove Cemetery]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> He was a cousin to North Carolina&#039;s first [[North Carolina Poet Laureate|Poet Laureate]] [[Arthur Talmage Abernethy]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|last=Powell|first=William Stevens|title=Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. Vol. 1, A-C|year=1979|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|location=Chapel Hill, NC|isbn=9780807813294|page=4|chapter=Abernethy, Arthur Talmage}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> {{CongBio|A000015}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * {{Commons cat inline|Charles Laban Abernethy}}<br /> <br /> {{s-start}}<br /> {{s-par|us-hs}}<br /> {{US House succession box <br /> | state=North Carolina <br /> | district=3<br /> | before=[[Samuel M. Brinson]]<br /> | after=[[Graham A. Barden]] <br /> | years=1922–1935}}<br /> {{s-end}}<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Abernethy, Charles Laban}}<br /> [[Category:1872 births]]<br /> [[Category:1955 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:People from Burke County, North Carolina]]<br /> [[Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina]]<br /> [[Category:North Carolina lawyers]]<br /> [[Category:Politicians from New Bern, North Carolina]]<br /> [[Category:People from Beaufort, North Carolina]]<br /> [[Category:University of North Carolina School of Law alumni]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century United States representatives]]</div>

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