Charles A. Sumner

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Charles Allen Sumner (August 2, 1835 - January 31, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from California.

Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Sumner attended Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and engaged in patent practice. He moved to California in 1856 and settled in San Francisco. He was editor of the Herald and Mirror in 1861. During the Civil War was appointed November 26, 1862, to be captain and assistant quartermaster of United States Volunteers, and served until his resignation on March 30, 1864. He moved to Virginia City, Nevada. He served as member of the State senate 1865-1868 and served as president pro tempore for one session. He returned to San Francisco in 1868 and became editor of the Herald. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress. He resumed the practice of law. He died in San Francisco, California, January 31, 1903. He was interred in the George H. Thomas Post plot at the Presidio.