Claude L'Engle explained

Claude L’Engle
Birth Date:19 October 1868
Birth Place:Jacksonville, Florida
Death Place:Jacksonville, Florida
Office1:Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Florida
Term Start1:March 4, 1913
Term End1:March 3, 1915
Party:Democratic

Claude L'Engle (October 19, 1868 – November 6, 1919) was a United States representative from Florida for one term from 1913 to 1915.

Early life

He was born in Jacksonville, Florida, where he attended the public schools and Duval High School (Jacksonville). He engaged in mercantile pursuits and later became the editor and publisher of Dixie, a weekly newspaper.

Congress

L'Engle was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915) but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress. After leaving Congress, he again engaged in journalism.

Death

He died in Jacksonville, Florida in 1919 and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

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