# Charles J. Esterly

Charles Joseph Esterly (February 8, 1888 – September 3, 1940) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

## Biography

Charles J. Esterly was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was employed with an electric company until 1916 and later in the sales department of a knitting mill. He was also engaged in the breeding of Ayrshire cattle and Berkshire hogs. He served as president and director of a water company, and as a director of a knitting mill and bottle-stopper company. He was a member of the board of school directors of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, from 1914 to 1920, and a committeeman of Wyomissing Borough from 1917 to 1921. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1920, and a member of the Republican State committee from 1922 to 1924.
Esterly was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1926. He was again elected to the Seventy-first Congress, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1930. He resumed former business interests, and died in Wernersville, Pennsylvania. Interment in Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading.

## Sources

* United States Congress. "Charles J. Esterly (id: E000222)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
* The Political Graveyard
U.S. House of Representatives :
| Preceded byWilliam Martin Croll | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district 1925–1927 | Succeeded byRobert Grey Bushong |
| Preceded byRobert Grey Bushong | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district 1929–1931 | Succeeded byNorton Lewis Lichtenwalner |
vtePennsylvania's delegation(s) to the 69th & 71st United States Congresses (ordered by seniority) :
69th
Senate:
▌G. Pepper (R)
▌D. Reed (R)
House:
▌T. Butler (R)
▌W. Griest (R)
▌S. Porter (R)
▌W. Vare (R)
▌G. Graham (R)
▌E. Kiess (R)
▌J. Morin (R)
▌H. Temple (R)
▌G. Darrow (R)
▌L. McFadden (R)
▌H. Watson (R)
▌M. C. Kelly (R)
▌G. Campbell (R)
▌N. Strong (R)
▌M. Shreve (R)
▌S. Kendall (R)
▌H. Ransley (R)
▌A. Walters (R)
▌H. Bixler (R)
▌J. Connolly (R)
▌A. Wyant (R)
▌E. Beers (R)
▌G. Brumm (R)
▌J. Kurtz (R)
▌J. Magee (R)
▌T. Phillips Jr. (R)
▌W. Swoope (R)
▌L. Watres (R)
▌G. Welsh (R)
▌E. Carpenter (R)
▌W. Coyle (R)
▌C. Esterly (R)
▌B. Golder (R)
▌F. Magrady (R)
▌F. Menges (R)
▌J. Swartz (R)
71st
Senate:
▌D. Reed (R)
▌W. Vare (R)
▌J. Grundy (R)
▌J. Davis (R)
House:
▌W. Griest (R)
▌S. Porter (R)
▌G. Graham (R)
▌E. Kiess (R)
▌H. Temple (R)
▌G. Darrow (R)
▌L. McFadden (R)
▌H. Watson (R)
▌M. C. Kelly (R)
▌G. Campbell (R)
▌N. Strong (R)
▌M. Shreve (R)
▌S. Kendall (R)
▌H. Ransley (R)
▌J. Casey (D)
▌J. Connolly (R)
▌A. Wyant (R)
▌E. Beers (R)
▌J. Kurtz (R)
▌L. Watres (R)
▌G. Welsh (R)
▌B. Golder (R)
▌F. Magrady (R)
▌F. Menges (R)
▌G. Brumm (R)
▌J. Chase (R)
▌T. Cochran (R)
▌I. Doutrich (R)
▌H. Estep (R)
▌J. Leech (R)
▌J. H. Swick (R)
▌J. Beck (R)
▌J. Wolfenden (R)
▌W. Coyle (R)
▌C. Esterly (R)
▌P. Sullivan (R)
▌C. Turpin (R)
▌J. Kinzer (R)
▌E. Erk (R)
▌R. Rich (R) :
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