{{Short description|American politician (1847–1929)}} {{About|the U.S. senator from West Virginia|his father, the U.S. representative from Virginia and West Virginia|Charles J. Faulkner}} {{redirect|Senator Faulkner}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox Officeholder |name = Charles James Faulkner |image = Portrait of Charles James Faulkner.jpg | caption = Faulkner in 1899 |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[West Virginia]] |term_start = March 4, 1887 |term_end = March 3, 1899 |predecessor = [[Johnson N. Camden]] |successor = [[Nathan B. Scott]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1847|9|21}} |birth_place = [[Martinsburg, West Virginia|Martinsburg, Virginia]], U.S. (now [[West Virginia]]) |death_date = {{death date and age|1929|1|13|1847|9|21}} |death_place = [[Martinsburg, West Virginia]], U.S. |resting_place = Old Norbourne Cemetery<br />Martinsburg, West Virginia, U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |alma_mater = [[University of Virginia]] |spouse = |children = |father = [[Charles J. Faulkner|Charles James Faulkner Sr.]] |relatives = [[Virginia Faulkner McSherry]] (sister) |signature = Signature of Charles James Faulkner (1847–1929).png }} '''Charles James Faulkner''' (September 21, 1847{{spaced ndash}}January 13, 1929) was a [[United States senator]] from [[West Virginia]].
== Early life == Charles James Faulkner was born on the family estate, [[Boydville]], in [[Martinsburg, West Virginia|Martinsburg, Virginia]] (now West Virginia). His father was [[Charles J. Faulkner|Charles James Faulkner Sr.]], a [[U.S. Representative]] from [[Virginia]] and West Virginia and [[List of ambassadors of the United States to France|U.S. Minister to France]].<ref name=Makers>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/makersofamericab01wash/page/81/mode/1up |title=Makers of America; Biographies of Leading Men of Thought and Action |volume=I |publisher=B. F. Johnson |place=Washington, D.C. |pages=81–84 |date=1915 |access-date=2024-07-19 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
He accompanied his father to [[Second French Empire|France]] 1859; he attended school in [[Paris]] and [[Switzerland]]. He returned to the United States in 1861, and during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] entered the [[Virginia Military Institute]] at [[Lexington, Virginia|Lexington]] in 1862. He served with the cadets in the [[Battle of New Market]].<ref name=Makers/>
After the war, he attended the law department of the [[University of Virginia]] at [[Charlottesville]], graduating in 1868. At the University of Virginia, he was member of [[St. Anthony Hall]].<ref>Negus, W. H. (1900). "[https://archive.org/details/greeklettermenof01maxw/page/232/mode/2up?q=%22delta+psi%22 Delta Psi]". In Maxwell, W. J. (ed.). ''Greek Lettermen of Washington''. New York, New York: The Umbdenstock Publishing Co. pp. 231–234.</ref>
== Career == He was admitted to the [[bar (law)|bar]] in 1868 and commenced practice in Martinsburg.<ref name=Makers/>
In 1887, Faulkner was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the U.S. Senate; he was reelected in 1893 and served from March 4, 1887, to March 3, 1899. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Territories (Fifty-third Congress). In 1898 he was appointed a member of the International Joint High Commission of the United States and Great Britain.
He retired from public life and devoted his time to the practice of law in Martinsburg and [[Washington, D.C.]], and to the management of his agricultural interests.
== Personal == In 1922, he served as first president of the [[Opequon Golf Club]].<ref name="dhr">{{cite web|url=http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/berkeley/95000417.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Opequon Golf Club|date=June 1994|accessdate=2011-06-02|author=Michael Gioulis and Don C. Wood|publisher=State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222600/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/berkeley/95000417.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Faulkner died at the [[Boydville]] family estate on January 13, 1929; interment was in the Old Norbourne Cemetery, Martinsburg.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-jan-16-1929-4584241/ |title=Suspend Business: Former Senator Faulkner is Buried Tuesday |newspaper=[[Charleston Daily Mail]] |place=Martinsburg, West Virginia |page=5 |date=1929-01-16 |access-date=2024-07-19 |via=NewspaperArchive}}</ref>
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==External links== *The [[West Virginia & Regional History Center]] at [[West Virginia University]] houses the papers of Charles James Faulkner in four collections, [https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/repositories/2/resources/3969 A&M 912] [https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/repositories/2/resources/3983 A&M 934], [https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/repositories/2/resources/4045 A&M 993], and [https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/repositories/2/resources/5151 A&M 1681] {{commonscat}}
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