Chester C. Bolton

Chester C. Bolton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 22nd district
In office
March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1937
Preceded byTheodore E. Burton
Succeeded byAnthony A. Fleger
In office
January 3, 1939 – October 29, 1939
Preceded byAnthony A. Fleger
Succeeded byFrances P. Bolton
Member of the Ohio Senate
In office
1923–1928
Personal details
Born
Chester Castle Bolton

(1882-09-05)September 5, 1882
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
DiedOctober 29, 1939(1939-10-29) (aged 57)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Resting placeLake View Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
(m. 1907)
Children4, including Charles and Oliver
Alma materHarvard University

Chester Castle Bolton (September 5, 1882 – October 29, 1939) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. He served four consecutive terms from 1929 to 1937. He was elected to a fifth term in 1938, but he died before completing the term.

He was the husband of Frances P. Bolton, who succeeded him in Congress, and the father of Oliver P. Bolton. Frances and Oliver Bolton would themselves become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in Congress.


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