Charles Germman Burton

Charles Germman Burton (April 4, 1846 – February 25, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Burton moved to Warren, Ohio, and attended the public schools. Enlisted as a private September 7, 1861, in Company C, Nineteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served with the regiment until discharged October 29, 1862. Corporal in Company A, One Hundred and Seventy-first Regiment, Ohio National Guard, during the "one hundred days" campaign of 1864. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Warren, Ohio, in 1867. He moved to Virgil City, Missouri, in 1868, to Erie, Kansas, in 1869, and Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri, in 1871, where he practiced law. Circuit attorney and judge of the twenty-fifth circuit. He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1884 and 1904.

Burton was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress. He resumed the practice of law. He served as collector of internal revenue at Kansas City, Missouri from 1907 to 1915. Commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1908. He died in Kansas City, Missouri, February 25, 1926. He was interred in Deepwood Cemetery, Nevada, Missouri.

References

• Charles Germman Burton at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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Name	Burton, Charles Germman
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Date of birth	April 4, 1846
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Date of death	February 25, 1926
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