Charles K. Barton

Charles King Barton (August 16, 1886 – January 25, 1958) was an American politician who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1943 to 1948.

After abandoning his medical studies he graduated from New York Law School in 1908 and passed the bar examination in 1910.

[2] In his first role as a public official, Barton was appointed attorney in Passaic County's Deeds and Mortgages Office.

After stepping down from the Senate in 1948, he was appointed the first Clerk to the Supreme Court of New Jersey under the new system.

He died in Paterson General Hospital on January 25, 1958, at the age of 71 after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage.