Charles Lieb
{{Short description|American politician (1852–1928)}}
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| name = Charles Lieb
| image name = CharlesLieb.jpg
| state1 = Indiana
| district1 = 1st
| term_start1 =March 4, 1913
| term_end1 = March 3, 1917
| preceded1 = John W. Boehne
| succeeded1 = George K. Denton
| state_house2 = Indiana
| district2 = Spencer County
| term_start2 = November 9, 1910
| term_end2 = November 6, 1912
| preceded2 = Thomas Edward Chrisney{{Cite web|url=https://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/county/74/3/|title=Offices by County|date=28 September 2019}}
| succeeded2 = Wesley Wayne Kellams
| term_start3 = November 7, 1906
| term_end3 = November 4, 1908
| preceded3 = Loren Frich Gage
| succeeded3 = Thomas Edward Chrisney
| party = Democratic
| birth_date = {{birth date|1852|5|20}}
| birth_place = Flehingen, Germany
| death_date ={{death date and age|1928|9|1|1852|5|20}}
| death_place =Rockport, Indiana, U.S.
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| alma_mater =Bryant and Stratton's Business College
}}
Charles Lieb (May 20, 1852 – September 1, 1928) was an American politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1913 to 1917.
Biography
Born in Flehingen, Germany, Lieb immigrated to the United States in 1868 and settled in Rockport, Indiana.
He attended the public schools, the Rockport Collegiate Institute, and Bryant and Stratton's Business College, Louisville, Kentucky.
He was employed as a bookkeeper and accountant.
He served as a member of the Rockport City Council 1879-1884.
He engaged in the lumber business as a contractor in 1882.
Lieb served as the Postmaster of Rockport 1893-1897.
=Political career =
He served as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives 1907-1913.
He represented Spencer County.{{cite web | url=http://legdb.iga.in.gov/#!/legislator/5024/Charles-Lieb | title=Indiana Legislator Database }}
Lieb was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1916, but served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1916.
=Later career and death =
He served as president and director of the Farmers' Bank, Rockport, Indiana and engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He died in Rockport, Indiana, on September 1, 1928 and was interred in Sunset Hill Cemetery.
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Category:People from Rockport, Indiana
Category:People from Karlsruhe (district)
Category:Businesspeople from Indiana
Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
Category:Democratic Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives
Category:Indiana city council members
Category:Emigrants from the Grand Duchy of Baden
Category:Immigrants to the United States
Category:20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
Category:20th-century members of the Indiana General Assembly