Background
Lobdell, Charles E. was born on September 21, 1861 in Osawatomie, Kansas, United States. Son of Darius J. and Roxana C. (Godding) Lobdell.
Lobdell, Charles E. was born on September 21, 1861 in Osawatomie, Kansas, United States. Son of Darius J. and Roxana C. (Godding) Lobdell.
Education common schools.
Dungeon Master and Ellen J. Ward, September 12, 1900. Children—Maud Avis, Charles Elmer, David Stanley, Hugh Jared. Foster children—Ward, Gertrude.
County attorney, Butler County, Kansas, 1885-1887. Member Kansas House of Representatives, 1891-1899 (speaker of House 1895). District judge 33d Judicial District, 1902-1911.
Resigned October 1, 1911, to become president First National Bank, Great Bend, Kansas, also president Citizens State Bank (Jetmore, Kansas), and First State Bank (Tribune, Kansas). Resigned bank offices to become member Federal Farm Loan Board, August 7, 1916. Reapptd., July 1918, for term ending 1926.
Resigned July 1, 1923, to become fiscal agent for Federal Land and Intermediate Credit Banks. Resumed practice at Washington, 1929. Senior partner Lobdell & corporation since May 1, 1935.
Member Kansas House of Representatives, 1891-1899 (speaker of House 1895). Member American Bar Association, Kansas State Bar Association (president 1915), Kansas State Bankers Association (president 1916).
Married second, Nellie E., d. Children: Maud Avis, Charles Elmer, David Stanley, Hugh Jared.