Charles Edward Kiefner
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Charles Edward Kiefner was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Missouri
Missouri
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  • Born in Perryville, Missouri
    Perryville, Missouri
    Perryville is a city in Perry County, Missouri, United States. The population was 7,667 at the 2000 census. The 2008 estimated population is 8,172. It is the county seat of Perry County.-Governance:...

    , Kiefner attended the public schools.
  • He engaged in the retail lumber business and also in road construction.
  • He served as mayor of Perryville
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     (1900–1902).
  • He served as Member of the State house of representatives (1902–1908).
  • He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1912.
  • He served on the staff of Gov. Arthur M. Hyde
    Arthur M. Hyde
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     (1920–1924).


Kiefner was elected as a Republican
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 to the Sixty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1927).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1926 to the Seventieth Congress.

Kiefner was elected to the Seventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929-March 3, 1931).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress.
He resumed the lumber and banking business in Perryville, Missouri
Perryville, Missouri
Perryville is a city in Perry County, Missouri, United States. The population was 7,667 at the 2000 census. The 2008 estimated population is 8,172. It is the county seat of Perry County.-Governance:...

, until his death on December 13, 1942.
He was interred in Home Cemetery.
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