Charles R. Clason

Charles Russell Clason


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 2nd district
In office January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1949
Preceded by	William J. Granfield
Succeeded by	Foster Furcolo
Personal details
Born	(1890-09-03)September 3, 1890 Gardiner, Maine
Died	July 7, 1985(1985-07-07) (aged 94) Springfield, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Bates College Georgetown University University of Oxford
Religion	Methodist

Charles Russell Clason (September 3, 1890 – July 7, 1985) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts and an attorney. Clason was born in Gardiner, Maine. He attended Bates College, and received his law degree from Georgetown University. Clason went on to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.

He worked for the Interstate Commerce Commission and the United States Department of Education in 1913 and 1914. He served as a sergeant major in the Coast Artillery in the Army in World War I. He was a member of the Commission for the Relief of Belgium in 1914 and 1915 and was decorated with the Medaille du Roi Albert.

Clason was a law instructor at Northeastern University's Springfield, Massachusetts campus from 1920 to 1937. During this time, he served as assistant district attorney of the western district of Massachusetts (1922–1926) and then district attorney (1927–1930).

He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1936, and served six consecutive terms. After he lost the 1948 election to Foster Furcolo, Clason became dean of the Western New England College School of Law, located in Springfield, Massachusetts.

In 1988, the Western New England College School of Law honored Clason by naming a speaker series in his honor. The Clason Speaker Series provided a venue for 4-5 legal experts each year to present works-in-progress on current legal topics through lectures.

The chem-free freshman house at Bates College is named after him.

References

United States Congress. "Charles R. Clason (id: C000473)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by William J. Granfield	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1949	Succeeded by Foster Furcolo

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts

1st district	F Ames Dexter Goodhue Holten Sedgwick Skinner Sedgwick J Bacon Eustis Quincy Ward Jr. Mason Gorham Webster Gorham N Appleton Gorham A Lawrence Fletcher A Lawrence Winthrop N Appleton Winthrop S Eliot W Appleton Scudder TD Eliot Hall TD Eliot Buffington Crapo R Davis Randall Wright G Lawrence Treadway Heselton Conte Olver Neal

2nd district	Goodhue Foster W Lyman Sedgwick Ward Sr. W Lyman Shepard J Crowninshield Story Pickman W Reed Pickering Silsbee Barstow B Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D King Rantoul Fay Crocker Buffington O Ames Harris Long E Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor Granfield Clason Furcolo Boland Neal McGovern

3rd district	Gerry Bourne Coffin Lyman Mattoon Cutler Nelson Livermore White Pickering Nelson Varnum Nelson Osgood Cushing A Abbott Duncan Edmands Damrell C Adams Thomas A Rice Twichell Whiting I Pierce Field B Dean Field Ranney L Morse J Andrew Walker JR Thayer R Hoar C Washburn JA Thayer Wilder Paige F Foss Casey Philbin Drinan Donohue Early Blute McGovern N Tsongas

4th district	Sedgwick Dearborn Thatcher Wadsworth Foster L Lincoln Sr. Hastings Varnum W Richardson Dana Stearns Fuller E Everett Sa Hoar Parmenter Thompson Palfrey Thompson Sabine Walley Comins A Rice Hooper Frost J Abbott L Morse Collins O'Neil Apsley Weymouth Tirrell Mitchell Wilder Winslow Stobbs P Holmes Donohue Drinan Frank Kennedy III

5th district	Partridge Bourne Freeman L Williams T Dwight Ely Mills Lathrop Sibley J Davis L Lincoln Jr. Hudson C Allen W Appleton Burlingame W Appleton Hooper Alley Butler Gooch Banks Bowman L Morse Hayden Banks Sh Hoar Stevens Knox B Ames J Rogers E Rogers B Morse Cronin P Tsongas Shannon Atkins Meehan N Tsongas Markey Clark

6th district	Thatcher Leonard J Reed Sr. J Smith Taggart S Allen Locke Kendall Grennell Alvord Baker Ashmun G Davis Upham T Davis Alley Gooch Banks Butler Thompson Loring Stone Lovering Lodge Cogswell Moody Gardner Lufkin A Andrew G Bates W Bates Harrington Mavroules Torkildsen Tierney Moulton

7th district	Leonard Ward Sr. Leonard Bullock Bishop Mitchell Barker Baylies Turner Baylies Hulbert Shaw H Dwight S Allen Grennell Briggs J Rockwell Goodrich Banks Gooch Boutwell Brooks Esty E Hoar Tarbox Butler W Russell Stone Cogswell W Everett Barrett Roberts Phelan Maloney W Connery L Connery Lane Macdonald Markey Capuano

8th district	Grout Thatcher F Ames Otis Eustis L Williams Green Gardner Green J Reed Jr. Baylies Sampson Hobart Lathrop Bates Calhoun J Adams Mann Wentworth Knapp Train Baldwin G Hoar JMS Williams Warren Claflin Candler W Russell CH Allen Greenhalge Stevens McCall Deitrick Dallinger H Thayer Dallinger Healey Goodwin Macdonald O'Neill Kennedy II Capuano Lynch

9th district	Varnum Bishop J Dean Wheaton J Reed Jr. Folger J Reed Jr. H Dwight Briggs Jackson Hastings H Williams Hale Fowler Little Dewitt E Thayer Bailey A Walker W Washburn Crocker G Hoar W Rice T Lyman Ely Burnett Candler G Williams O'Neil Fitzgerald Conry Keliher Murray Roberts Fuller Underhill Luce R Russell Luce TH Eliot Gifford Nicholson Keith McCormack Hicks Moakley Lynch Keating

10th district	Goodhue Sewall Read Hastings Upham J Allen Brigham Wheaton Morton F Baylies Bailey HAS Dearborn W Baylies Borden H Williams Borden Burnell Grinnell Scudder Dickinson Chaffee Delano Dawes Crocker Stevens Seelye Norcross W Rice JE Russell J Walker McEttrick Atwood Barrows Naphen McNary O'Connell Curley Murray Tague Fitzgerald Tague Douglass Tinkham Herter Curtis Martin Heckler Studds Delahunt Keating

11th district	Bradbury Bartlett Cutler Stedman A Bigelow Brigham B Adams J Russell Hobart J Richardson J Adams J Reed Jr. Burnell Goodrich Trafton Dawes Chapin Robinson Whiting II Wallace Coolidge Draper Sprague Powers Sullivan Peters Tinkham Douglass Higgins Flaherty Curley Kennedy O'Neill Burke Donnelly

12th district	Dearborn I Parker Lee S Thatcher Skinner Larned Bidwell Bacon Dewey Hulbert Strong Kendall L Bigelow Baylies Hodges J Adams Robinson F Rockwell Crosby E Morse Lovering Powers Weeks Curley Gallivan McCormack Keith Studds

13th district	Wadsworth Seaver Ruggles Dowse Eustis J Reed Jr. Randall Simpkins Greene Weeks Mitchell Carter Luce Wigglesworth Burke

14th district	G Thatcher Cutts C King J Holmes Lovering E Foss Harris Gilmore Olney Frothingham Wigglesworth Martin

15th district	Wadsworth Ilsley Whitman Widgery Bradbury Whitman Greene Leach Martin Gifford

16th district	S Thatcher Cook Tallman S Davis Brown Orr Hill T Thacher Walsh Gifford

17th district	Bruce Chandler Gannett F Carr Wood J Carr Wilson Kinsley

18th district	Wilson T Rice J Parker

19th district	J Parker Conner Gage Cushman

20th district	Hubbard Parris E Lincoln

At-large	Cobb

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