Background
Lore was born in Odessa, Delaware.
United States representative lawyer politician
Lore was born in Odessa, Delaware.
He attended the public schools and Middletown Academy in Middletown, Delaware. He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in June 1852, then studied law and was admitted to the Delaware Bar in New Castle County, Delaware in 1861.
He was clerk of the Delaware House of Representatives in 1857 and during the Civil War served as commissioner of the federal army"s draft for New Castle County in 1862. Lore served as Delaware Attorney General from 1869 to 1874, and was elected as a Democrat to the 48th and 49th Congress, serving from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1887. He was not a candidate for renomination, and was appointed Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court in 1893.
He was reappointed in 1897 for a term of twelve years but retired in 1909.
Lore died at Wilmington. His remains were cremated and the ashes were deposited there in the Methodist Church Cemetery.
The Charles B. Lore Elementary School at Wilmington, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1.
United States. Representatives took office March 4 and have a two-year term.
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He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as Attorney General of Delaware and United States Representative from Delaware. He was also a member of the code commission in 1909 and 1910.