Charles Binderup

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Charles Gustav Binderup

|image = Charles Binderup.jpg

|caption = Portrait of Charles Binderup in 1911, extracted from a photo of the Minden, Nebraska Band

|order =

|state = Nebraska

|district = 4th congressional

|term_start = January 3, 1935

|term_end = January 3, 1939

|predecessor = Ashton C. Shallenberger

|successor = Carl Curtis

|party =

|birth_date = March 5, 1873

|birth_place = Horsens, Denmark

|death_date = August 19, 1950 (aged 77)

|death_place = Minden, Nebraska, US

|spouse = Elena Westengaard Binderup

|children =

|alma_mater = Grand Island Business College

|profession = {{plainlist|

Farmer
Merchant
Realtor
Politician

}}

Charles Gustav Binderup (March 5, 1873 – August 19, 1950) was a Nebraska Democratic politician. He served as United States Congressman from 1935 to 1939.

Early life

Binderup was born in Horsens, Denmark, son of George Werner Binderup and Laurentza Bjerring. When he was six months old, his parents immigrated to the United States, settling on a farm near Hastings, Nebraska. He attended Grand Island Business College and farmed near Hastings and Minden, Nebraska. He married Elena Westengaard on September 18, 1900, and they had three children.

Career

Binderup was in the mercantile and creamery business in Minden.{{cite web |url = http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/billingsley-binger.html |title = Binderup, Charles Gustav (1873-1950) |publisher = The Political Graveyard |accessdate = October 6, 2012 }}

Binderup was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses and served from January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1939.{{cite web |title = Charles Gustav Binderup |url = http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/charles_binderup/401449 |publisher = Govtrack US Congress |accessdate = 4 February 2013 }} He failed to be reelected in 1938.{{cite web |url = http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000466 |title = BINDERUP, Charles Gustav, (1873 - 1950) |publisher = Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |accessdate = October 6, 2012 }} He ran as an Independent for the Seventy-seventh Congress but was defeated again. He helped organize the Constitutional Money League of America in Minden.