Charles T. Wardlaw (June 30, 1858 – February 24, 1928) was a politician in Dawes County, Nebraska, and a financier and civic leader in Los Angeles, California.

Charles T. Wardlaw
Wardlaw in 1923
Born(1858-06-30)June 30, 1858
DiedFebruary 24, 1928(1928-02-24) (aged 69)
Los Angeles, California

Wardlaw was born on June 30, 1858, in Granville, Illinois, to A. F. and Nancy J. Wardlaw.[1]

In 1900, Wardlaw was county clerk in Dawes County, Nebraska, where he was also chairman of the county Democratic Committee.[2] He was also affiliated with a newspaper there called The Chadronian.[3]

Wardlaw was in the railroad service, being at different times an agent, a dispatcher and freight and passenger agent. He was a manager of the "great California-Mexico Ranch" and then moved to the San Fernando Valley in 1919, where he became a banker and a financier. Along with Harry Chandler and M.H. Sherman, he was a subdivider of the first building tract in Van Nuys, California.[1][4]

He died of a heart attack in his home on Van Nuys Boulevard on February 24, 1928, being survived by his wife, Pamella R. Wardlaw, a son, John Richardson Wardlaw, and a daughter, Mrs. Eva Wardlaw. Day.[1][5]

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  • An article in the Crawford Tribune attacking Wardlaw for appointing his wife as a deputy in the clerk's office. [1]