Background
Finley, Charles was born on March 26, 1865 in Williamsburg, Kentucky, United States. Son of Hugh Frank and Jennie Renfro (Moss) Finley.
United States representative politician
Finley, Charles was born on March 26, 1865 in Williamsburg, Kentucky, United States. Son of Hugh Frank and Jennie Renfro (Moss) Finley.
Educated Milligan (Tennessee) College. Unmarried. President Proctor Coal Company, 1909-1930, now director. President Farmers Bank & Trust Company, Williamsburg, 1925-1930.
President Whitley Republican Company. Secretary Interstate Grocery Company.
He engaged in business as a coal operator, banker, and publisher. He served as Secretary of State of Kentucky 1896-1900 and was chairman of the Republican executive committee of the Eleventh Kentucky Congressional District 1912-1928. He was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John M. Robsion and was reelected to the Seventy-second Congress and served from February 15, 1930, to March 3, 1933.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1932. After leaving Congress, he retired from business activities before dying in Williamsburg, Kentucky in 1941. He was buried in Highland Cemetery, Williamsburg, Kentucky.
Finley was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives 1894-1896 and a delegate to the Republican state convention in 1895.