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American politician (1879–1928) For the American baseball player (1880–1915), see Charlie Faust.
Charles L. Faust
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1921 – December 17, 1928
Preceded byCharles F. Booher
Succeeded byDavid W. Hopkins
Personal details
BornCharles Lee Faust
(1879-04-24)April 24, 1879
near Bellefontaine, Ohio, U.S.
DiedDecember 17, 1928(1928-12-17) (aged 49)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting placeHighland Cemetery, Highland, Kansas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Alma materHighland University
University of Kansas School of Law
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer

Charles Lee Faust (April 24, 1879 – December 17, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born near Bellefontaine, Ohio, Faust moved with his parents to a farm near Highland, Kansas. He attended the public schools and Highland University. He engaged in teaching in a country school near Highland in 1898–1900. He graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1903, was admitted to the bar the same year, and commenced the practice of his profession in St. Joseph, Missouri. City counselor of St. Joseph in 1915–1919.

Faust was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1921, until his death. He served as chairman of the Committee on the Census (Sixty-eighth Congress). Had been reelected to the Seventy-first Congress. He died December 17, 1928, at the United States Naval Hospital, Washington, D.C. He was interred in Highland Cemetery, Highland, Kansas.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byCharles F. Booher Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 4th congressional district
1921–1928 		Succeeded byDavid W. Hopkins
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