U.S. Senator Clair Engle

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United States Senator human lawyer politician

U.S. Senator Clair Engle was a mid-20th-century California lawmaker known for his influential support of major water projects and civil rights legislation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Senator ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
burialPlace Chico Cemetery, Chico, California, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath brain tumor ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1911-09-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1964-07-30 ⓘ
educatedAt California State University, Chico ⓘ
surface form: Chico State Teachers College

UC Hastings College of the Law ⓘ
surface form: University of California, Hastings College of the Law
endTimeOfHouseService 1958 ⓘ
endTimeOfSenateService 1964 ⓘ
familyName Engle ⓘ
givenName Clair ⓘ
hasHonor Clair Engle Lake named in his honor ⓘ
Shasta Lake’s Engle Dam named in his honor ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
militaryService United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
notableFor influential role in Western water development policy ⓘ
support of civil rights legislation ⓘ
notableWork advocacy for California water projects ⓘ
support for the California State Water Project ⓘ
support for the Central Valley Project ⓘ
support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
support for the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bakersfield ⓘ
surface form: Bakersfield, California, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
positionHeld United States Representative from California ⓘ
United States Senator from California ⓘ
precededByInSenate William F. Knowland ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
representedDistrictInTheHouse California's 2nd congressional district ⓘ
residence Red Bluff, California ⓘ
surface form: Red Bluff, California, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Lucretia Caldwell Engle ⓘ
startTimeOfHouseService 1943 ⓘ
startTimeOfSenateService 1959 ⓘ
stateRepresentedInTheHouseOfRepresentatives California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
stateRepresentedInTheSenate California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
succeededByInSenate Pierre Salinger ⓘ
workLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Trinity Dam → namedReservoirAfter → U.S. Senator Clair Engle ⓘ