Charles L. Daugherty

Charles Lindsay Daugherty (July 13, 1873 – July 14, 1922) was an American politician who served as the first Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor from 1907 to 1915.

Biography Charles L. Daugherty was born on July 13, 1873, in Denton, Texas, to Christopher C. Daugherty and Nancy J. Lovejoy. He lived in Denton until he was 17 when he moved to Fort Worth to learn printing. He worked as a printer across Texas in Paris, San Antonio, Victoria, and Brownsville. He also worked as a printer in Mexico and Central America. In 1896, he moved to Ardmore, Oklahoma, and in 1897 he founded the Muskogee Morning Times. He later bought the Denton County News and a mercantile store in Shawnee, Oklahoma. In 1903, he moved to Oklahoma City. From 1904 to 1905 he was the president and secretary of the Oklahoma City Trades Council. He was a member of the International Typographical Union. He served as the first Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor from 1907 to 1915.

He died of tuberculosis in Oklahoma City on July 14, 1922, aged 49.

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