residence children image_size party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation
wagener , south carolina four 180px republican member the 86th district of the south carolina house of representatives from 6 september 1938 1985 linda karen garvin charles sharpe -lrb- politician -rrb-
 2002 charles sharpe publisher
charles sharpe -lrb- politician -rrb-

charles ray sharpe -lrb- born september 6 , 1938 -rrb- was an american politician in the state of south carolina .
he served in the south carolina house of representatives as a member of the republican party from 1985 to 2002 , representing aiken county , south carolina .
he resides in wagener .
he was a magazine publisher .
sharpe also served as south carolina agriculture commissioner from 2002 to 2004 .
he resigned in 2004 after being indicted on charges of extortion , money laundering and lying to federal investigators , stemming from an illegal cockfighting ring .
he served two years in prison .
