Charles E. Hodges Explained

Charles Edward Hodges
Office:President of the Senate of West Virginia
Term Start:1935
Term End:1939
Predecessor:A. G. Mathews
Successor:William M. LaFon
Office2:Member of the West Virginia Senate for the 11th District
Birth Date:27 September 1892
Birth Place:Huntington, West Virginia
Death Place:Charleston, West Virginia
Party:Democratic
Spouse:Florence Kirkland Conant
m. 3 Apr 1926
Residence:Morgantown, West Virginia
Alma Mater:West Virginia University
(A.B. 1913)
Profession:attorney

Charles Edward Hodges (September 27, 1892 – May 1, 1968) was an American politician. He served as the Democratic President of the West Virginia Senate from Monongalia County from 1935 to 1939.[1]

He was the son of Thomas Edward Hodges, a noted academic.[2] Hodges died in a hospital in Charleston, West Virginia on May 1, 1968, where he had been for over a month after suffering a heart attack in March.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: West Virginia Blue Book. West Virginia. Legislature. Senate. 1937. 21. Tribune Printing Company. 0364-7323. 2015-04-05.
  2. Book: One hundred years of Marshall College: an account of the celebration of the centennial anniversary of the founding of the college, together with illustrations of the events of the occasion, of the founding of the college in 1837, and of its officers of administration and instruction. Marshall University. 1937. Pub. by the Centennial Committee of Marshall College with the cooperation of the editorial staff of the Marshall Review, and the president of the college. 2015-04-05.
  3. "Charles E. Hodges Dies at Age of 75", The Dominion-News, Thursday, May 02, 1968, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States Of America