C. H. Wilcox | |
Office: | 6th Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives |
Term Start: | March 2, 1925 |
Term End: | March 7, 1927 |
Predecessor: | Cash Cole |
Successor: | Sumner Smith |
State House2: | Alaska |
District2: | 3rd |
Term Start2: | March 2, 1925 |
Term End2: | March 7, 1927 |
Birth Name: | Charles Herbert Wilcox Jr. |
Birth Date: | 1 September 1867 |
Birth Place: | Danbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
Death Place: | Valdez, Territory of Alaska, U.S. |
Resting Place: | Valdez Memorial Cemetery, Valdez, Alaska, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Children: | 2 |
Occupation: | Politician, journalist |
Charles Herbert Wilcox Jr. (September 1, 1867 – February 3, 1948) was an American politician and journalist from Valdez, Alaska,[1] who served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1925 to 1927, representing the 3rd legislative district of Alaska as a Democrat in the 8th territorial legislature. During that time, he also served as the sixth speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives.
Wilcox was born in Danbury, Connecticut, on September 1, 1867.[2]
As a journalist, Wilcox worked as an editor for the Valdez Daily Prospector and the Valdez Miner. He was also a co-publisher of Cordova Weekly.[2]
Wilcox served a single term in the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 3rd legislative district of Alaska from 1925 to 1927 as a Democrat in the 8th territorial legislature. He simultaneously served as the sixth speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives.[3]
Outside of the Alaska Legislature, Wilcox served as a chief deputy U.S. Marshal, as well as deputy clerk of the court for Valdez and Anchorage.[2]
Wilcox was married and had two children.[2] He died in Valdez on February 3, 1948, and was interred in Valdez Memorial Cemetery.[1] [4]