Charles Bodle was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from New York

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Born near Poughkeepsie, New York

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, Bodle was a wagon maker by trade.
He was in the Justice of the Peace

Justice of the Peace

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Held several political offices in Bloomingburg, Sullivan County.

Bodle was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third

23rd United States Congress

-House of Representatives:For the beginning of this congress, the size of the House was increased from 213 seats to 240 seats, following the 1830 United States Census .- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Martin Van Buren...

 Congress (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835).
He died in New York City October 31, 1835.
He was interred in Bloomingburg Cemetery, Bloomingburg, New York

Bloomingburg, New York

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