Howell was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the two succeeding Congresses , serving in office from January 3 , 1949 to January 3 , 1955 . He was not a candidate for renomination in 1954 , but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate , losing by a narrow margin to Clifford P. Case . He was appointed New Jersey State Commissioner of Banking and Insurance in February 1955 , serving until March 1 , 1969 . He was a delegate-at-large to the 1956 Democratic National Convention
1956 Democratic National Convention
1956 Democratic National Convention
Charles R. Howell