Denver Samuel Church was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from California

California

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Born in Folsom City, California, Church attended the common schools.
He was graduated from Healdsburg (California) College in 1885.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar

Admission to the bar in the United States

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 in 1893 and commenced practice in Fresno, California

Fresno, California

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He served as district attorney of Fresno County 1907-1913.
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1916.

Church was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Sixty-third

63rd United States Congress

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, Sixty-fourth

64th United States Congress

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, and Sixty-fifth

65th United States Congress

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 Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1919).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1918.
He resumed the practice of law in Fresno, California

Fresno, California

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Superior judge of Fresno County 1924-1930.

Church was elected to the Seventy-third

73rd United States Congress

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 Congress (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1934.
He resumed the practice of law.
He died in Fresno, California

Fresno, California

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, February 21, 1952.
He was interred in Belmont Memorial Park

Belmont Memorial Park

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He is the maternal grandfather of famed director Sam Peckinpah

Sam Peckinpah

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