Charles Gustav Binderup


Charles Gustav Binderup was a Nebraska Democratic politician. He served as United States Congressman from 1935 to 1939.

Early life

Binderup was born in Horsens, Denmark, son of George Werner Binderup and Laurentza Bjerring. When he was six months old, his parents immigrated to the United States, settling on a farm near Hastings, Nebraska. He attended Grand Island Business College and farmed near Hastings and Minden, Nebraska. He married Elena Westengaard on September 18, 1900, and they had three children.

Career

Binderup was in the mercantile and creamery business in Minden.
Binderup was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses and served from January 3, 1935 to January 3, 1939. He failed to be reelected in 1938. He ran as an Independent for the Seventy-seventh Congress but was defeated again. He helped organize the Constitutional Money League of America in Minden.

Death

Binderup died in Minden on August 19, 1950, and is interred at Minden Cemetery. He was a Presbyterian.