Charles Foster Bass (born January 8 1952) is a member of the United States House of Representatives for the second district of New Hampshire(map). He is a member of the United States Republican Party. His father, Perkins Bass, was a Republican congressman from New Hampshire from 1955-1963.

A native and resident of Peterborough, New Hampshire, Bass graduated from Dartmouth College in 1974. During 1974 he worked for Maine congressman William Cohen and from 1975 until 1979 he worked for another Maine congressman, David Emery .

Bass was a candidate in the Republican primary for Congress in 1980, but lost. He continued in public office, serving three two-year terms as a state representative, then two two-year terms as a state senator. He was elected to Congress in 1994.

External links

Charles Bass official Web site.