Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Early life  





2 Pittsburgh politics  





3 See also  





4 References  





5 External links  














Charles H. Kline






العربية
مصرى
 

Edit links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


Charles H. Kline
47th Mayor of Pittsburgh
In office
January 4, 1926 – March 31, 1933[1]
Preceded byWilliam A. Magee
Succeeded byJohn Herron
Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate
In office
1906–1918
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1904–1906
Personal details
Born

Charles Howard Kline


(1870-12-25)December 25, 1870
Indiana County, Pennsylvania
DiedJuly 22, 1933(1933-07-22) (aged 62)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Resting placeAllegheny Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
Spouse

Katherine Whitesell Johnson

(m. 1900)
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania
OccupationLawyer, politician

Charles Howard Kline (December 25, 1870 – July 22, 1933) served as the 47th Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1926 to 1933.

Early life[edit]

Charles H. Kline was born in 1870 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and became a lawyer in 1898. He married Katherine Whitesell Johnson in 1900.[2]

Kline was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1904, and to the State Senate in 1907. He served three terms in the latter, and was the President pro tempore during the 1915 session.[2][3] He was a judge in state courts from 1919 to 1925, and was elected Mayor of Pittsburgh in 1926.[2]

Pittsburgh politics[edit]

During Kline's administration the city was plunged into the national Great Depression. Despite these newfound hardships, Pittsburgh's corporate community continued to expand, adding several new skyscrapers to the region's horizon. Among these were the Gulf Oil Tower, Grant Building, and Koppers Tower. Kline is, to date, the last Republican to be elected Mayor of Pittsburgh.

Mayor Kline expanded the city's borders annexing the neighborhood of Carrick to the city's tax rolls. His administration ended on a bad note however, Kline was forced to fight charges of malfeasance and political wrongdoing regarding the purchase of an oriental rug.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

He was indicted on 48 counts of malfeasance, and on conviction in 1932 ordered to resign and sentenced to six months imprisonment.[10] He died at St. Francis Hospital in Pittsburgh on July 22, 1933.[11] He was buried in Allegheny Cemetery.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Swetnam, George (October 28, 1973). "Mayors' Notebook". The Pittsburgh Press. p. B-9.
  • ^ a b c "Ex-Mayor Kline's Career Reviewed". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. July 22, 1933. p. 3. Retrieved July 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ Smull's Legislative Hand Book and Manual of the State of Pennsylvania. State of Pennsylvania. 1916. p. 1095. Retrieved July 8, 2020 – via Google Books.
  • ^ "The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  • ^ "The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  • ^ "The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  • ^ "The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  • ^ "The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  • ^ "The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search".
  • ^ Pitz, Marylynne. "A roll call of Western Pa. suffrage trailblazers." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 13, 2020.
  • ^ "Ex-Mayor Kline Dies". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. July 22, 1933. p. 1. Retrieved July 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  • External links[edit]

    Political offices
    Preceded by

    William A. Magee

    Mayor of Pittsburgh
    1926–1933
    Succeeded by

    John S. Herron


    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_H._Kline&oldid=1166288623"

    Categories: 
    1870 births
    1933 deaths
    Mayors of Pittsburgh
    Republican Party Pennsylvania state senators
    Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
    People from Indiana County, Pennsylvania
    University of Pennsylvania alumni
    Lawyers from Pittsburgh
    Burials at Allegheny Cemetery
    Pennsylvania politicians convicted of crimes
    Hidden categories: 
    Articles with short description
    Short description matches Wikidata
    Use mdy dates from July 2020
     



    This page was last edited on 20 July 2023, at 16:01 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki