Charles H. Elston
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Biography
Born in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, Elston attended the public schools of Marietta and Cincinnati, Ohio. Y.M.C.A. Law School (now known as NKU Chase College of Law), Cincinnati, LL.B., 1914. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Early career
He served as assistant prosecuting attorney of Hamilton County, Ohio from 1915 to 1922. He served as member of the faculty of the Y.M.C.A. Law school from 1916 to 1936. During the First World War, he served as an aviation cadet in the aviation service of the United States Army. He also served as a member of the Hamilton County Charter Commission.
Elston was co-counsel in the George Remus murder trial, because he'd gained a reputation after getting another bootlegger, George "Fat" Wrassman, acquitted of murder.[1][2]
Congress
Elston was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1953). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1952.
Later career
He resumed the practice of law in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Death and burial
There, he died September 25, 1980. He was interred in Lauderdale Memorial Gardens, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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- 1891 births
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- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
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- Salmon P. Chase College of Law alumni
- United States Army Air Service pilots of World War I
- 20th-century American lawyers
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