Charles L. Faust

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Charles L. Faust
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 4th district
In office March 4, 1921 – December 17, 1928
Preceded by	Charles F. Booher
Succeeded by	David W. Hopkins
Personal details
Born	Charles Lee Faust (1879-04-24)April 24, 1879 near Bellefontaine, Ohio, U.S.
Died	December 17, 1928(1928-12-17) (aged 49) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place	Highland Cemetery, Highland, Kansas, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Highland University University of Kansas School of Law
Profession	Politician, lawyer

Charles Lee Faust (April 24, 1879 – December 17, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born near Bellefontaine, Ohio, Faust moved with his parents to a farm near Highland, Kansas. He attended the public schools and Highland University. He engaged in teaching in a country school near Highland in 1898–1900. He graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1903, was admitted to the bar the same year, and commenced the practice of his profession in St. Joseph, Missouri. City counselor of St. Joseph in 1915–1919.

Faust was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1921, until his death. He served as chairman of the Committee on the Census (Sixty-eighth Congress). Had been reelected to the Seventy-first Congress. He died December 17, 1928, at the United States Naval Hospital, Washington, D.C. He was interred in Highland Cemetery, Highland, Kansas.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

References

• United States Congress. "Charles L. Faust (id: F000047)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.