Charles Caldwell McChord

{{Short description|American lawyer and legislator}}

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Charles Caldwell McChord (December 3, 1859 – November 24, 1937) was an American lawyer and legislator who served as chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission until 1926.{{cite news |title=President Accepts M'Chord's Resignation. Hands the Commerce Commission Chairman a Letter of Appreciation of His Services. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/01/01/archives/president-accepts-mchords-resignation-hands-the-commerce-commission.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 1, 1926 |access-date=2014-01-03 }} He was born in Springfield, Kentucky, to Robert C. and Laura (Hynes) McChord.{{cite news |title=C. C. McChord |url=https://archive.org/details/kd9k93126376/page/n5/mode/2up |work=The News-Leader |date=4 June 1896 |location=Springfield, Kentucky}} On January 31, 1888 he married Nellie Grundy. He was a member of the Kentucky State Senate from 1895 to 1899.

In 1918 he served on the Railway Wage Commission.{{cite news |title=Here It Is! |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Djw1AQAAIAAJ&q=William+Willcox+railway+Covington+LAne&pg=RA1-PA185 |newspaper=Railway Clerk |date=May 25, 1918 |access-date=2014-01-03 }}

He died in New York City November 24, 1937.{{cite book |title=The National Cyclopedia of American Biography |date=1967 |publisher=James T. White & Co. |location=Clifton, NJ |page=398 |url=https://archive.org/details/nationalcycloped28clif/page/398/mode/2up}}