# Charles Risk > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charles_Risk > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charles_Risk.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Risk > Source revision: 1354058907 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American politician}} {{for|the Scottish footballer|Charles Risk (footballer)}} {{use mdy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Charles Risk | honorific_suffix = | image = Charles F. Risk (Rhode Island Congressman).jpg | alt = ''Tampa Morning Tribune'' (Tampa, FL), August 10, 1935 | state = [Rhode Island](/source/Rhode_Island) | district = [1st](/source/Rhode_Island's_1st_congressional_district) | term_start = January 3, 1939 | term_end = January 3, 1941 | predecessor = [Aime Forand](/source/Aime_Forand) | successor = [Aime Forand](/source/Aime_Forand) | term_start2 = August 6, 1935 | term_end2 = January 3, 1937 | predecessor2 = [Francis Condon](/source/Francis_Condon) | successor2 = [Aime Forand](/source/Aime_Forand) | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|08|19}} | birth_place = [Central Falls, Rhode Island](/source/Central_Falls%2C_Rhode_Island), U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|12|26|1897|08|19}} | death_place = [Lincoln, Rhode Island](/source/Lincoln%2C_Rhode_Island), U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = Attorney | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | blank1 = | data1 = | blank2 = | data2 = | blank3 = | data3 = | blank4 = | data4 = | blank5 = | data5 = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | nickname = | allegiance = United States | branch = [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) | service_years = | rank = [Private](/source/Private_(United_States)) | unit = | commands = | battles = [World War I](/source/World_War_I) | mawards = | military_blank1 = | military_data1 = | military_blank2 = | military_data2 = | military_blank3 = | military_data3 = | military_blank4 = | military_data4 = | military_blank5 = | military_data5 = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | footnotes = }} '''Charles Francis Risk''' (August 19, 1897 – December 26, 1943) was an American lawyer and [World War I](/source/World_War_I) veteran who served two non-consecutive terms as a [U.S. Representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Rhode Island](/source/Rhode_Island) in the 1930s and 1940s. == Early life == Born in [Central Falls, Rhode Island](/source/Central_Falls%2C_Rhode_Island), Risk attended the public and high schools there. He worked in local textile plants. == World War I == During the First World War he served in the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) as a private at Camp Meigs in 1918. == Early career == He was employed in the [Treasury Department](/source/U.S._Department_of_Treasury) in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), from 1919 to 1922. === Lawyer and judge === He graduated from the law department of [Georgetown University](/source/Georgetown_University) in 1922, and was [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States) in 1923, taking up a practice in his home town the same year. He served as [probate](/source/probate) judge of Central Falls from 1929 to 1931, as [coroner](/source/coroner) of [Lincoln, Rhode Island](/source/Lincoln%2C_Rhode_Island) in 1931 and 1932, and as justice of Rhode Island's [11th District Court](/source/Courts_of_Rhode_Island) from 1932 to 1935. == Political career == He served as delegate to the [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) state conventions in 1936, 1940, and 1942. === Congress === Risk was elected to the [Seventy-fourth](/source/74th_United_States_Congress) Congress as a Republican, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of [Francis B. Condon](/source/Francis_B._Condon); he served from August 6, 1935, to January 3, 1937. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936. Risk was elected to the [Seventy-sixth](/source/76th_United_States_Congress) Congress (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941), and made an unsuccessful reelection bid in 1940. == Later career and death == After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law in [Pawtucket, Rhode Island](/source/Pawtucket%2C_Rhode_Island). He died in Saylesville, in the township of [Lincoln, Rhode Island](/source/Lincoln%2C_Rhode_Island), December 26, 1943, and was buried in St. Francis Cemetery in Pawtucket. ==Sources== {{CongBio|R000269}} {{S-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box | state=Rhode Island| district=1 | before=[Francis Condon](/source/Francis_Condon)| after=[Aime Forand](/source/Aime_Forand)| years=1935–1937}} {{US House succession box | state=Rhode Island| district=1 | before=[Aime Forand](/source/Aime_Forand)| after=[Aime Forand](/source/Aime_Forand)| years=1939–1941}} {{End}} {{United States representatives from Rhode Island}} {{Authority control}} {{Bioguide}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Risk, Charles Francis}} Category:1897 births Category:1943 deaths Category:Georgetown University Law Center alumni Category:United States Army soldiers Category:Republican Party United States representatives from Rhode Island Category:People from Central Falls, Rhode Island Category:Politicians from Providence County, Rhode Island Category:20th-century Rhode Island state court judges Category:20th-century United States representatives --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Charles Risk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Risk) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Risk?action=history)). 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