Background
Tatgenhorst, Charles was born on August 19, 1883 in in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles F. W. and Amelia (Streidelmeyer) Tatgenhorst.
United States representative lawyer politician
Tatgenhorst, Charles was born on August 19, 1883 in in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles F. W. and Amelia (Streidelmeyer) Tatgenhorst.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Tatgenhorst was educated in the public schools of Cincinnati. He was graduated from Cincinnati Law School in 1910.
He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Cincinnati. He served as assistant city solicitor for Cincinnati 1914-1919. He moved to Cleves, Ohio, in 1919 and continued the practice of law.
Tatgenhorst was elected as a Republican to the Seventieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ambrose East.B. Stephens and served from November 8, 1927, to March 3, 1929.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1928. He again resumed the practice of his profession in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tatgenhorst was elected judge of the Ohio First District Court of Appeals on November 3, 1936, and served until February 8, 1937. Ohio State bar examiner 1938-1942.
Tatgenhorst married Clara Streble and had one son Charles Robert Tatgenhorst who joined him in the practice of law.
He served as director of Cincinnati Street Railway Company and Sullivan Electric Company He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 13, 1961. He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery.
In January 1941 became a member of the Ohio State Banking Board.
Married Clara Strebel, August 19, 1914.