Charles A. Talcott
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Charles Andrew Talcott was a Democratic
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 member of the United States House of Representatives
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 from New York
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.Talcott helped design the Washington state seal

Talcott was born in Oswego, New York
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. He graduated from Princeton University
Princeton University
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 in 1879. He was mayor of Utica, New York
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Utica is a city in and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 62,235 at the 2010 census, an increase of 2.6% from the 2000 census....

 from 1902 until 1906. He was elected to Congress in 1910 and served from March 4, 1911 until March 4, 1915. He died in Utica, New York
Utica, New York
Utica is a city in and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 62,235 at the 2010 census, an increase of 2.6% from the 2000 census....

 and was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica
-Notable burials:*Ezekiel Bacon , represented Massachusetts's 12th congressional district from 1807 to 1813.*William J. Bacon , represented New York's 23rd congressional district from 1877 to 1879....

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