Charles Sweetser


Charles Sweetser was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Dummerston, Vermont, Sweetser moved with his parents to Delaware, Ohio, in 1817.
He attended the public schools.
He engaged in mercantile pursuits.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Delaware, Ohio.
Sweetser was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures.
He resumed the practice of law.
He died in Delaware, Ohio, April 14, 1864.
He was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.