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Charles Bertan Wheeler Jr. (August 10, 1926 – October 25, 2022) [1] was an American physician and politician who served as a Missouri state senator and as mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1971 to 1979, in addition to having held other elected offices.
Wheeler was born in Bremen, Germany, in 1923, to Winifred Agnes (née Rees) and Charles Cornelius-Wheeler. [3] [5] The family later moved to Hamburg, where his father was an agent for a shipping company. [2] [3] Educated at the Cranbrook School in Kent, his first job was as an errand boy at the Daily Sketch newspaper at the age of 17. [6]
Wheeler was Kansas City’s 49th mayor, serving two terms from 1971 to 1979. His time in politics lasted so long that the two previous elected posts he held prior to becoming mayor no longer exist.
Charles K. Wheeler (1863–1933), U.S. Representative from Kentucky Charles Stearns Wheeler (1816–1843), American Transcendalism pioneer Charles Stetson Wheeler (1863–1923), American attorney and University of California Regent
Charles Phillip Wheeler Jr. (born April 13, 1978) is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Kentucky Senate from the 31st district. Wheeler came into office during a Special Election on March 5, 2019, defeating Democrat Darrell Pugh. He assumed office on March 19, 2019.
Charles Brewster Wheeler (May 3, 1865 – April 11, 1946) was a career officer in the United States Army. An 1887 graduate of the United States Military Academy , he was a veteran of the Spanish–American War , Philippine–American War , and World War I and attained the rank of brigadier general .
Charles Barker Wheeler (1851–1935), American jurist who served as justice of New York Supreme Court Charles Brewster Wheeler (1865–1946), American general who served in three wars Charles Bertan Wheeler (1926–2022), American politician from Missouri, a/k/a Charles B. Wheeler Jr.
Charles Person, the youngest member of the original Freedom Riders who faced racial violence to challenge segregation in interstate travel, died Jan. 8 in Fayetteville, Georgia. He was 82. In 1961 ...