Biography

12/25/1870 - 07/22/1933

KLINE, Charles Howard, a Representative from Allegheny County; born, December 25, 1870 in Indiana, Indiana County, Pa.; attended, Indiana Normal School (now Indiana University of Pennsylvania) and Kiskiminetas Springs School; LL.B., University of Pennsylvania; honorary doctorate of laws, University of Pittsburgh (1919); lawyer (1898-1933); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1905 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1906); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1907-1919); elected, Senate President pro tempore (1913-1914); gubernatorial appointee, judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County (1919; elected, 1920-1925); elected, mayor, Pittsburgh (1926-1933); elected, delegate, Republican National Convention (1928); died, July 22, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.