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, California. He attended public school in Red Bluff, California and graduated from Chico State Teachers College in 1930 and from the University of California Hastings College of Law in 1933.
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- 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, California. He attended public school in Red Bluff, California and graduated from Chico State Teachers College in 1930 and from the University of California Hastings College of Law in 1933. Admitted to the bar in 1933, Engle commenced practice in Corning, California, and served as district attorney of Tehama County, California from 1934 until 1942, when he was elected to the California Senate, serving in that body in 1943. On August 31, 1943, Engle was elected as a Democrat to represent California's 2nd congressional district in the 78th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Harry L. Englebright. He was elected to a full term in 1944 and was reelected to the following six Congresses, serving until January 3, 1959. While in the United States House of Representatives he was Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on War Claims for the 79th Congress and Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs for the 84th Congress and the 85th Congress. Engle was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1958 and began his service there January 3, 1959. However, in 1963 he fell victim to brain cancer, which left him partially paralyzed, and he missed several Senate sessions in 1963 and 1964. On June 10, 1964, during the roll call for the historic, successful effort to break the filibuster on what would become the Civil Rights Act of 1964, when the clerk reached "Mr. Engle," there was no reply. The tumor had robbed Engle of his ability to speak. Slowly lifting an arm, he pointed to his eye, thereby signaling his affirmative vote ("aye"). The cloture vote was 71-29, four votes more than the two-thirds required to cut off the filibuster. . Nine days later the Senate approved the Act itself. Engle died in Washington, D.C. a month and a half later, aged 52. Trinity Lake, in California's Trinity County, was renamed for Clair Engle, although the name Trinity Lake continued to be commonly used, and eventually the lake's original name was restored.
- Clair Engle war ein demokratischer Senator des US-Bundesstaates Kalifornien.
- Clair Engle, född 21 september 1911 i Bakersfield, Kalifornien, död 30 juli 1964 i Washington, D.C. , var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker. Han representerade delstaten Kalifornien i båda kamrarna av, först i 1943-1959 och sedan i från 1959 fram till sin död. Engle utexaminerades 1930 från Chico State Teachers College. Han avlade 1933 sin juristexamen vid University of California. Han var distriktsåklagare i Tehama County 1934-1942 och ledamot av delstatens senat 1943. Kongressledamoten Harry Lane Englebright avled 1943 i ämbetet. Engle vann fyllnadsvalet för att efterträda Englebright i representanthuset. Han omvaldes sju gånger. Engle besegrade guvernören Goodwin Knight i senatsvalet 1958. Han efterträdde William F. Knowland som senator för Kalifornien i januari 1959. Han diagnosticerades 1963 med hjärntumör. Engle hade förlorat sin talförmåga men han uppträdde ändå i senaten den 10 juni 1964 för att försvara afroamerikanernas medborgerliga rättigheter. Motståndarna till medborgarrättslagen använde filibustertaktiken och det behövdes två tredjedelars majoritet (numera tre femtedelar räcker) i senaten för att avsluta debatten. I stället för att yttra sin ja-röst (aye) med ord för en tvångsavslutning av debatten, pekade Engle på sitt öga (eye). 71 ja-röster, Engles röst bland dem, var fyra fler än vad som krävdes. Nio dagar senare kunde Civil Rights Act godkännas av senaten. Engle avled några veckor senare i ämbetet och efterträddes av Pierre Salinger. Engles grav finns på Oak Hill Cemetery i Red Bluff.
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- August 31, 1943 – January 3, 1959
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- 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, California. He attended public school in Red Bluff, California and graduated from Chico State Teachers College in 1930 and from the University of California Hastings College of Law in 1933.
- Clair Engle war ein demokratischer Senator des US-Bundesstaates Kalifornien.
- Clair Engle, född 21 september 1911 i Bakersfield, Kalifornien, död 30 juli 1964 i Washington, D.C. , var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker. Han representerade delstaten Kalifornien i båda kamrarna av, först i 1943-1959 och sedan i från 1959 fram till sin död. Engle utexaminerades 1930 från Chico State Teachers College. Han avlade 1933 sin juristexamen vid University of California. Han var distriktsåklagare i Tehama County 1934-1942 och ledamot av delstatens senat 1943.
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