Felton, Charles N
public official, congressman, was born in 1832, in Erie county, N. Y. He was under-sheriff of Yuba county, Cal., in 1857; was elected tax collector of that county; and served two terms as a representative in the California legislature. He served as officer of the United States mint at San Francisco for six years, a part of the time as assistant treasurer, and the remainder as treasurer of the mint. In 1884 he was elected a representative from California to the forty-ninth congress; and was reelected to the fiftieth as a republican; and in 1891-93 served as United States senator to fill a vacancy.