Charles Haight

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Charles Haight

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|state1 = New Jersey

|district1 = 2nd

|party = Democrat

|term1 = March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871

|preceded1 = William A. Newell

|succeeded1 = Samuel C. Forker

|office2 = Member of the New Jersey General Assembly

|term2 = 1860–1862

|birth_date = January 4, 1838

|birth_place = Colts Neck Township, New Jersey, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1891|8|1|1838|1|4}}

|death_place = Freehold, New Jersey, U.S.

|resting_place = Maplewood Cemetery
Freehold, New Jersey, U.S.

|spouse =

|children =

|relations = Thomas Griffith Haight (nephew)

|profession = {{hlist|Politician|lawyer}}

|alma_mater = Princeton College

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|module = {{Infobox military person |embed=yes

|allegiance = {{flag|United States|1865}}

|branch =

|rank = Brigadier general

|serviceyears = 1861–1865

|battles = American Civil War

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Charles Haight (January 4, 1838{{snd}}August 1, 1891) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1867 to 1871.

Early life

Haight was born in Colts Neck Township, New Jersey, on January 4, 1838, to Thomas Haight, later a Democratic nominee for governor of New Jersey in 1847.{{cite book|last=Van Winkle|first=Daniel|title=History of the Municipalities of Hudson County, New Jersey, 1630-1923|volume=2|year=1924|url={{Google books|_-RQAQAAMAAJ|page=14|plainurl=yes}}|page=14}}{{citation needed |date=January 2022 |reason=birth date and location}} He attended private schools in Freehold, New Jersey, and graduated from Princeton College in 1857. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1861 and commenced practice in Freehold.

Career

Haight was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1860 to 1862 and served as speaker in 1861 and 1862. He was commissioned a brigadier general of militia on May 27, 1861, and during the American Civil War was in command of Camp Vredenburgh from August 22, 1862, until the close of the war.

Haight was elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1867, to March 3, 1871, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress.

After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law. He was a delegate to the 1872 Democratic National Convention, and served as chairman of the State delegation. He was appointed prosecutor of the pleas. He was appointed prosecuting attorney of Monmouth County in 1873 and served until his death.