Charles Q. Hildebrant

Charles Quinn Hildebrant was an American politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1901 to 1905.

Biography

Born in Wilmington, Ohio, Hildebrant attended the public schools and Ohio State University at Columbus.
He served as clerk of the court of Clinton County in 1890 and reelected in 1893 and 1896.

Congress

Hildebrant was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Accounts.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress.

Later career

He resumed his business and agricultural pursuits.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908.
Secretary of state of Ohio 1915–1917.
He served as mayor of Wilmington, Ohio, from November 1927 until his retirement December 31, 1941.

Death and burial

He died in Wilmington, Ohio, March 31, 1953.
He was interred in Sugar Grove Cemetery.