Charles G. Atherton

Charles Gordon Atherton
United States Senator
from New Hampshire
In office
March 4, 1843–March 3, 1849
March 4, 1853–November 15, 1853
Preceded byLeonard Wilcox
John P. Hale
Succeeded byMoses Norris Jr.
Jared W. Williams
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Hampshire's At-large district
In office (seat 1)
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843
Preceded byBenning M. Bean
Succeeded byMoses Norris Jr.
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
In office
1830
In office
1833–1835
Personal details
Born(1804-07-04)July 4, 1804
Amherst, New Hampshire, U.S.
DiedNovember 15, 1853(1853-11-15) (aged 49)
Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseAnn Clark Atherton
ProfessionPolitician, Lawyer

Charles Gordon Atherton (July 4, 1804 – November 15, 1853) [1] was an American politician and lawyer from New Hampshire.[2] He was elected to the United States House of Representatives from 1837 to 1843. He was elected to the United States Senate from 1843 to 1849 and then again in 1853. He was a Democrat.[3]

  1. ^ Parker, Edward (1897). History of Nashua: biographical entry for Henry B Atherton. Telegraph publishing company. pp. 423–424.
  2. ^ Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John (1888). "Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 1".
  3. ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (1909). Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography. p. 165.