Charles F. Manderson

(1837-1911) lived in Omaha. Military officer, lawyer, politician, considered an early advocate of a federally-built system of highways during his 12 years as U.S. Senator, was president pro tempore 1891 to 1893; participated in major battles in Western theatre of action during Civil War, achieving rank of brigadier general; appointed general solicitor for Burlington Railroad west of the Missouri River, was an advocate of women's voting rights during Nebraska constitutional convention in 1871. Consult J. S. Morton and Albert Watkins, Illustrated History of Nebraska, Vol 3 (Western Publishing, 1913) 685-686 and Dictionary of American Biography, Vol 12 (1933) 230-231 and Who Was Who in American Politics (Hawthorn Books, 1974) 409.

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