Charles Creighton Carlin
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Charles Creighton Carlin (April 8, 1866 - October 14, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Born in Alexandria, Virginia, Carlin attended the public schools and Alexandria Academy. He was graduated from National University Law School, Washington, D.C. He was admitted to the bar in 1891 and commenced practice in Alexandria, Virginia. He was the postmaster at Alexandria, Virginia, from 1893 to 1897. He served as delegate to Democratic National Conventions for forty years.
Carlin was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John F. Rixey. He was reelected to the Sixty-first and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from November 5, 1907, to March 3, 1919, when he resigned before the commencement of the Sixty-sixth Congress, to which he had been reelected. He resumed the practice of law in Alexandria, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. He also engaged in the newspaper publishing business at Alexandria, Virginia. He moved to Washington, D.C., in 1936 and continued the practice of law.
He died in Washington, D.C., October 14, 1938. He was interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia.
