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He graduated from the law department of [[Georgetown University]] in 1922, and was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] in 1923, taking up a practice in his home town the same year. |
He graduated from the law department of [[Georgetown University]] in 1922, and was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] in 1923, taking up a practice in his home town the same year. |
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He served as [[probate]] judge of Central Falls from 1929 to 1931, as [[coroner]] of [[Lincoln, Rhode Island]] in 1931 and 1932, and as |
He served as [[probate]] judge of Central Falls from 1929 to 1931, as [[coroner]] of [[Lincoln, Rhode Island]] in 1931 and 1932, and as justice of Rhode Island's [[Courts of Rhode Island|11th District Court]] from 1932 to 1935. |
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He served as delegate to the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] state conventions in 1936, 1940, and 1942. |
He served as delegate to the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] state conventions in 1936, 1940, and 1942. |
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Charles Risk | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 1st district | |
In office January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |
Preceded by | Aime Forand |
Succeeded by | Aime Forand |
In office August 6, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | |
Preceded by | Francis Condon |
Succeeded by | Aime Forand |
Personal details | |
Born | Central Falls, Rhode Island, U.S. | August 19, 1897
Died | December 26, 1943 Lincoln, Rhode Island, U.S. | (aged 46)
Political party | Republican |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | ![]() |
Rank | Private |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Charles Francis Risk (August 19, 1897 – December 26, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.
Born in Central Falls, Rhode Island, Risk attended the public and high schools there. He worked in local textile plants. During the First World War he served in the United States Army as a private at Camp Meigs in 1918.
He was employed in the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., from 1919 to 1922.
He graduated from the law department of Georgetown University in 1922, and was admitted to the bar in 1923, taking up a practice in his home town the same year.
He served as probate judge of Central Falls from 1929 to 1931, as coroner of Lincoln, Rhode Island in 1931 and 1932, and as justice of Rhode Island's 11th District Court from 1932 to 1935.
He served as delegate to the Republican state conventions in 1936, 1940, and 1942.
Risk was elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress as a Republican, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Francis B. Condon; he served from August 6, 1935, to January 3, 1937. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936.
Risk was elected to the Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941), and made an unsuccessful reelection bid in 1940, after which he resumed the practice of law in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
He died in Saylesville, in the township of Lincoln, Rhode Island, December 26, 1943, and was buried in St. Francis Cemetery in Pawtucket.
Sources
- United States Congress. "Charles Risk (id: R000269)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Charles Risk at Find a Grave
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- 1897 births
- 1943 deaths
- Georgetown University Law Center alumni
- United States Army soldiers
- Rhode Island state court judges
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island
- People from Central Falls, Rhode Island
- 20th-century American judges
- 20th-century American politicians