Clair Engle
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United States Senator from California |
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In office January 3, 1959 – July 30, 1964 |
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| Preceded by | William F. Knowland |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Salinger |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 2nd district |
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In office August 31, 1943 – January 3, 1959 |
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| Preceded by | Harry L. Englebright |
| Succeeded by | Harold T. Johnson |
| Member of the California Senate | |
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In office 1936 |
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September 21, 1911 Bakersfield, California |
| Died | July 30, 1964 (aged 52) Washington, D.C., United States |
| Resting place | Oak Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Alma mater |
California State University-Chico University of California Hastings College of the Law |
Clair Engle (September 21, 1911 – July 30, 1964) was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a United States Senator from California.
Engle was born in Bakersfield to Fred Engle, a rancher who had been a teacher and a lawyer, and his wife, Carita. His parents named him after his aunt, who had assisted in his birth, and his name would become the source of many folksy stories over the years.
Like his two brothers, he was active in outdoor activities as well as attended public schools in Shasta and Tehama Counties. Fellow students at Red Bluff High School elected him their student body president.
In 1928, he enrolled at Chico State Teachers College, and he graduated in 1930. He then attended University of California Hastings College of the Law, and graduated in 1933. Although Engle had a reputation for straight-laced religiousity at both institutions, he eloped to marry his first wife, Hazel. They divorced in 1948 and Engle married his second wife, Lucretia Caldwell, of San Jose and a congressional secretary.
Admitted to the California bar in 1933, Engle set up a practice in Corning, and soon ran for District Attorney of Tehama County. He won at just 23 and held that office from 1934 to 1942.
In 1942, he won election to the California Senate, representing Tehama, Glenn and Colusa Counties but ended up serving in that body for little more than a year. His main accomplishment was passing a law to allow conversion of unused fairgrounds to house migrant farmworkers to ease a severe labor shortage.
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