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PA POLITICIAN 64 CIVIL WAR RNC DELEGATE INSURANCE PRESIDENT RUNK DOCUMENT SIGNED
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Here’s a Document Signed by PA Politician and Insurance Co. PresidentCHARLES MINER RUNK
(1818 - 1885)
DEPUTY ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR LEHIGH COUNTY 1848-1850,
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR and DELEGATE TO THE 1864 NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, AT BALTIMORE, WHICH RE-NOMINATED PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
DELEGATE TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE
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SENATORIAL DISTRICT, COMPOSED OF LEHIGH AND CARBON COUNTIES IN 1872-3.
TRUSTEE OF MUHLENBERG COLLEGE IN ALLENTOWN, PA 1875-1876
HARVARD AND YALE EDUCATED CITY SOLICITOR OF ALLENTOWN, PA
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PRESIDENT and CO-INCORPORATOR OF THE ALLEN MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
As a prominent citizen of Lehigh County, he was several times nominated as a candidate for the US Congress, but refused the honor
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HERE’S AN “
ALLEN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
” POLICY CERTIFICATE TO INSURE G. F. WOLF (A SHOEMAKER) AGAINST LOSS AND DAMAGE BY FIRE TO HIS STOCK , DATED AUG. 15, 1876.
THE DOCUMENT IS ALSO SIGNED BY COMPANY PRESIDENT, CHARLES W. COOPER, and THE INSURED, G. F. WOLF.
The document measures 9¾” x 15½” and is in VERY FINE CONDITION.
A FINE PIECE OF CIVIL WAR ERA STATE OF INDIANA POLITICAL/PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY TO ADD TO YOUR AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION!
BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES M. RUNK
Charles M.
Runk
,Esq.,
Allentown,was a member of
the Board of Trustees of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania,1875-76. He was a native of Columbia County, Pa., graduated from Yale College in 1845,was admitted to the Bar at Allentown, August 31, 1846,and was graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1847. He established a very successful law practice at Allentown,was deputy attorney –general for Lehigh County,1848-50, city solicitor of Allentown for a number of years, and a delegate to the convention that in 1873framed the present Constitution of Pennsylvania.
Runk also served as President of the Allen Mutual Fire Insurance Company, located in Allentown, PA.
Birth: 1926
Death: Aug. 20, 1918
Spouse: Sarah L. Runk
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OBITUARY
The Death Roll. Charles M. Runk.
Charles M. Runk, one of the most prominent members of the Lehigh County Bar, died Monday morning of a complication of diseases, in the 67th years of his age. Mr. Runk was born in Columbia County, August, 1818. His parents were originally from New Jersey. While a youth he taught school and saved money to pay his way to Yale College, which he entered in 1841, but owing to causes beyond his control, was not able to complete the full collegiate course with his class. In 1864 the college conferred upon him the degree of A. M., thereby restoring him to a position in the class. He read law under the direction of his uncle, Samuel Runk, in Allentown, and was admitted to the bar in 1846.
In August, 1848, he was appointed deputy attorney-general for the county of Lehigh, a position he resigned in 1850. In 1864 he was a delegate to the National Republican Convention, at Baltimore, which renominated Abraham Lincoln, and he was one of the presidential electors that year. From 1866 to 1874, he was a member of the Board of Education, being president nine years. Twice he held the office of city solicitor, and several times refused nominations for congress. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1873. His widow, one son and two daughters survive him. The son is a member of the bar.
Source:
Carbon Advocate (Leighton, Pa) Volume 13, Number 26, Saturday, May 16, 1885
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