Clair Engle

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Clair Engle was a mid-20th-century Democratic U.S. Senator from California known for his support of civil rights legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
United States Senator
human
member of the United States House of Representatives
buriedAt Chico Cemetery, Chico, California, United States NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath brain tumor
conflictParticipatedIn World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1911-09-21
dateOfDeath 1964-07-30
educatedAt Chico State Teachers College NERFINISHED
University of California, Hastings College of the Law NERFINISHED
endTimeOfPosition 1959 (United States Representative from California)
1964 (United States Senator from California)
familyName Engle NERFINISHED
givenName Clair NERFINISHED
hasHonor Shasta Lake renamed as Shasta Lake from Shasta Dam area previously called Clair Engle Lake (name later changed)
hasMemorial Clair Engle Park in Oroville, California NERFINISHED
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
militaryService United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage English
notableFor role in breaking the filibuster on the Civil Rights Act of 1964
support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964
occupation attorney
politician
placeOfBirth Bakersfield, California, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
politicalAlignment Democratic Party politician from California
positionHeld United States Representative from California NERFINISHED
United States Senator from California
practicedLawIn California NERFINISHED
precededBy William F. Knowland (as U.S. Senator from California) NERFINISHED
religion Methodism NERFINISHED
representedInHouse California's 2nd congressional district NERFINISHED
representedRegion Northern California NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
startTimeOfPosition 1943 (United States Representative from California)
1959 (United States Senator from California)
stateRepresented California NERFINISHED
succeededBy Pierre Salinger (as U.S. Senator from California) NERFINISHED
supported Civil Rights Act of 1964 NERFINISHED
civil rights legislation
wasAfflictedBy brain cancer during Senate service
workedOn water resources and reclamation projects in California

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William F. Knowland succeededBy Clair Engle