Biography

01/04/1829 - 11/25/1906

Charles Lytle Lamberton (D28) Clarion, Elk, Forest and Jefferson Counties 1862-1864

Early Life:

Charles Lytle Lamberton, born January 4, 1829, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; son Major Robert and Mary Harkness Lamberton; taught school, Cumberland County; studied law, brother, Robert A. Lamberton, Harrisburg, admitted, Dauphin County bar, 1850; moved, Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 1851; admitted, Jefferson County bar, 1851; law partner, Samuel A. Purviance, Butler, Pennsylvania; appointed, lieutenant-colonel, Governor William Bigler’s staff, 1851-1852; legal partnership, James Campbell, Clarion, 1853; president judge, Clarion, Jefferson, Forest, Venango, and Mercer judicial district; moved, law practice, Clarion County; elected, delegate,Democratic State Convention, 1856; member, Democratic State Committee; member, State Democratic Peace Convention, 1861; chairman, Clarion County Enlistment Committee; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1862-1864; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1864; engaged, real estate, 1864-1865; moved, Wilkes-Barre, admitted, Luzerne County bar, opened  law practice 1865; travelled abroad with Chief Justice George Woodward, 1867; founder, Miners' Savings Bank, of Wilkes-Barre, 1867; original incorporator, director, Wilkes-Barre Deposit and Savings Bank; delegate, Democratic State Convention, Reading, 1872, one of the committee of thirty-three, who selected fourteen delegates-at-large, constitutional convention, including himself; delegate, Democratic National Convention, Baltimore, 1872; delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1873; declined, nomination, Pennsylvania State Supreme Court, 1877; travelled, throughout Europe, 1878-1879, with his wife, Anna De Witt; returned, retired, law practice, 1880; traveled; died, November 25, 1906, Manhattan, New York City, New York County New York, interment, Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery, Kingston, Ulster County, New York. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Appointed, lieutenant-colonel, Governor William Bigler’s staff, 1851-1852. 

President judge, Clarion, Jefferson, Forest, Venango, and Mercer judicial district. 

Elected, delegate,Democratic State Convention, 1856. 

Member, Democratic State Committee; member, State Democratic Peace Convention, 1861; chairman, Clarion County Enlistment Committee. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 28th district, Clarion, Elk, Forest and Jefferson Counties, 1862-1864. 

Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1864. 

Delegate, Democratic State Convention, Reading, 1872, one of the committee of thirty-three, who selected fourteen delegates-at-large, constitutional convention, including himself. 

Delegate, Democratic National Convention, Baltimore, 1872.

Delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1873. 

Declined, nomination, Pennsylvania State Supreme Court, 1877.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "L"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

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