{{Short description|American politician (1840–1888)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Charles C. Conger |image = |caption = |state_senate = California |district = 9th |term_start = January 5, 1880 |term_end = January 8, 1883 |predecessor = John C. Murphy |successor = ''Multi-member district'' |birth_date = {{birth date|1840|04|07}} |birth_place = St. Joseph, Michigan, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1888|06|06|1840|04|07}} |death_place = Oakland, California, U.S. |party = Democratic {{small|(before 1861)}}<br />Republican {{small|(1861–1877, 1880–1888)}}<br />Workingmen's {{small|(1877–1880)}} |other_party = |spouse = {{marriage|Pauline A. Thayer|1863|end=div}}<br />{{marriage|Rosalie A. Loeser|1870}} |children = {{flatlist| * Antoinette * Charles * Myrtle * Thomas * Louis * Louise * Idalene }} |relatives = James L. Conger (uncle)<br />John P. Jones (brother-in-law) |occupation = Stockbroker, military officer, politician |signature = |allegiance = {{flag|United States|1865}} |branch = United States Army |service_years = 1860<br />1865 |rank = 1st Lieutenant |unit = Washoe Regiment<br />8th California Infantry Regiment |battles = {{tree list}} * Paiute War * Civil War {{tree list end}} }} '''Charles Cuthbert Conger''' (April 7, 1840 &ndash; June 6, 1888) was an American stockbroker,<ref>{{cite news |title=EX-SENATOR CONGER |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/998236224/?terms=%22Charles%20C.%20Conger%22 |access-date=2 November 2025 |work=The Morning Times |date=9 June 1888 |location=Oakland}}</ref> military officer and politician who served in the California State Senate from 1880 to 1883.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/11942 |title=Charles C. Conger |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=JoinCalifornia |publisher= |access-date=2 November 2025 |quote=}}</ref> He previously served as County Clerk of the United States District Court in Washoe County, Nevada.<ref name=pen>{{cite book |last1=Mohan |first1=Hugh J. |last2=Clough |first2=E. H. |last3=Cosgrave |first3=John P. |title=Pen Pictures of Our Representative Men |date=1880 |publisher=H. A. Weaver's Valley Press |location=Sacramento |page=32 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101078160759&seq=60 |access-date=2 November 2025}}</ref> He later served eight years on the California Stock Board.<ref>{{cite news |title=IN MEMORY |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/66254948/?terms=%22Charles%20Conger%22 |access-date=2 November 2025 |work=Oakland Tribune |date=15 June 1888 |location=Oakland}}</ref>

Following the defeat of William Ormsby's militia in the First Battle of Pyramid Lake, Conger joined a volunteer force organized by John Coffee Hays to defeat the Paiute forces of war chief Numaga. Conger later served as adjutant and first lieutenant in the 8th California Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, although that unit never saw combat.<ref name=pen/>

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==External links== * [https://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/11942 JoinCalifornia - Charles C. Conger] * [https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=The_Workingmen%E2%80%99s_Party_%26_The_Denis_Kearney_Agitation The Workingmen’s Party & The Denis Kearney Agitation]

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