Charles F. Carpentier

Charles F. Carpentier (September 19, 1896 – April 3, 1964) was an American businessman and politician.

Born in Moline, Illinois, Carpentier served in the United States Army during World War I. He went to St. Ambrose University. With his brother, he owned and operated movie and drive-in theatres in the Quad Cities area. In 1924, Carpentier was elected to the East Moline, Illinois city council and then in 1929 was elected mayor of East Moline, Illinois. In 1938, Carpentier was elected to the Illinois State Senate as a Republican. Then, in 1952, Carpentier was elected Illinois Secretary of State and served until his death in 1964. Carpentier died in Springfield, Illinois of a heart attack while running for Governor of Illinois.^[1]^[2]

Notes

↑ 'Illinois Blue Book 1963-1964, Biographical Sketch of Charles F. Carpentier, pg. 76
↑ 'Charles Carpentier Dies-Suffers New Heart Attack In Hospital,' Chicago Tribune, April 3, 1964, Part 1, pg. 1, 5

Political offices
Preceded by Edward J. Barrett	Secretary of State of Illinois 1953–1964	Succeeded by William H. Chamberlain

Illinois Secretaries of State

Kane Lockwood Blackwell Birkbeck Forquer Field Douglas Trumbull Campbell Cooley Gregg Starne Hatch Tyndale Rummell Harlow Dement Pearson Hinrichsen Rose Doyle Woods Stevenson Emmerson Stratton Hughes Rowe Barrett Carpentier Chamberlain Powell Lewis Howlett Dixon Edgar Ryan White

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