Charles Charles

Background

Egan was born on October 13, 1877 in Jersey City, New Jersey to Michael and Maria Egan.

Education

Born in Ponce de Leon, Florida. Attended the public schools and the South Florida Military Institute at Bartow, Florida. Graduated from the Florida State Normal School at Gainesville, Florida in 1901 and the University of Florida at Gainesville in 1907.

During the Spanish–American War served in the Florida National Guard. Captain in the Florida National Guard 1903–1905. Secretary of the Florida State Senate 1905–1907 and 1909–1911.

Studied law; admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. Judge of the criminal court of record of Walton County, Florida 1910–1911. Assistant attorney general of Florida 1912–1919.

Circuit judge of the seventeenth judicial circuit 1919–1925. General counsel of the Florida Real Estate Commission 1925–1928. Member of the Florida House of Representatives in 1927.

Attorney for Orlando, Florida 1926–1929. State supreme court commissioner 1929–1932. Elected on November 3, 1936, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Park Trammell.

Was reelected in 1940 and served from November 4, 1936, until his death in Washington, D.C.

Career

First elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1911, Egan rose to be Majority Leader in 1913. That year he sought to represent Hudson County in the New Jersey Senate. Egan was succeeded in the Senate by Cornelius Augustine McGlennon.

After leaving the Legislature, Egan served as an Assistant Hudson County Prosecutor, and in March 1923 Governor George Sebastian Silzer nominated him as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Hudson County. On January 11, 1934 New Jersey State Chancellor Luther A. Campbell appointed Egan to succeed John J. Fallon as Vice-Chancellor of the State Chancery Court. Egan served in that position until his retirement in 1948.

Egan was recognized with an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Saint Peter's College in 1935. Egan was married to the former Eleanor Walsh, daughter of Congressman James J. Walsh of New York. The couple had three children - Charles M. Jr., James W., and Virginia.

Egan died November 14, 1955 at the age of 78.

Achievements

• Egan won the election by 28,213 votes - the largest majority ever received for a county office in the state of New Jersey at the time.