Charles Christenberry [Cabinet Card]
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Charles Christenberry [Cabinet Card]Description
Cabinet card of Charles Christenberry by "S. B. Hill" of "AUSTIN, TEXAS." Signed on the back: “Yours Very Truly, / C.M. Christenberry, / June 6th 1888.”Context
C.M. Christenberry, Representative from the Thirty-eighth district, (Hill county) was born in Perry county, Alabama, July 14, 1854. He was educated partially in Alabama, but principally at Trinity University, Limestone county, Texas. Mr Christenberry is the architect of his own fortune. Leaving his native State without means, he first came to Smith county, Texas, a mere boy, where he remained one year, farming. He then went to Trinity University, where he studied one year, not, however, consecutively, having to teach to defray his expenses. He left Trinity and taught school for a time, and meanwhile read law. He then went to Waco and devoted all his time to the study of his profession in the office of Anderson Flint, where he remained for six years. He was licensed in the fall of the same year, when he went to Hubbard City, Hill county, and commenced the practice of his profession, and by the same indomitable energy that animated his youthful efforts he has succeeded in drawing around him a respectable and lucrative clientage. He is a Democrat, never in his life having scratched a name on the Democratic ticket, and was elected over both of his opponents, both members of the former Legislatures, by a majority of 502. He is unmarried. Mr. Christenberry has a large and imposing frame, a bright face, pleasant manners, and is destined to make his mark on the jurisprudence and legislative affairs of his adopted State, to whose general interest and prosperity he is devoted. He was a member of the following House committees: Judiciary No. 2, Federal Relations, and Counties and County Boundaries."Category
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