Charles Risk

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Charles Francis Risk (August 19, 1897 – December 26, 1943) was an American lawyer and World War I veteran who served two non-consecutive terms as a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island in the 1930s and 1940s.

Charles Risk
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 1st district
In office January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941
Preceded by	Aime Forand
Succeeded by	Aime Forand
In office August 6, 1935 – January 3, 1937
Preceded by	Francis Condon
Succeeded by	Aime Forand
Personal details
Born	(1897-08-19)August 19, 1897 Central Falls, Rhode Island, U.S.
Died	December 26, 1943(1943-12-26) (aged 46) Lincoln, Rhode Island, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Profession	Attorney
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Rank	Private
Battles/wars	World War I

Early life

Born in Central Falls, Rhode Island, Risk attended the public and high schools there. He worked in local textile plants.

World War I

During the First World War he served in the United States Army as a private at Camp Meigs in 1918.

Early career

He was employed in the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., from 1919 to 1922.

Lawyer and judge

He graduated from the law department of Georgetown University in 1922, and was admitted to the bar in 1923, taking up a practice in his home town the same year.

He served as probate judge of Central Falls from 1929 to 1931, as coroner of Lincoln, Rhode Island in 1931 and 1932, and as justice of Rhode Island's 11th District Court from 1932 to 1935.

Political career

He served as delegate to the Republican state conventions in 1936, 1940, and 1942.

Congress

Risk was elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress as a Republican, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Francis B. Condon; he served from August 6, 1935, to January 3, 1937.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936.

Risk was elected to the Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941), and made an unsuccessful reelection bid in 1940.

Later career and death

After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

He died in Saylesville, in the township of Lincoln, Rhode Island, December 26, 1943, and was buried in St. Francis Cemetery in Pawtucket.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Charles Risk (id: R000269)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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