Clair Engle [SEP] position held
Clair Engle
Clair Engle (September 21, 1911July 30, 1964) was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a United States Senator from California. He is best remembered for participating in the vote breaking the filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the US Senate while partially paralyzed and unable to speak, shortly before his death from a brain tumor.
Early life.
Engle was born in Bakersfield, to Fred Engle, a rancher who had been a teacher and a lawyer, and his wife,
officially restored.
His papers are held in the library at California State University, Chico.
The city of Shasta Lake named a park and community center after him.
See also.
- List of notable brain tumor patients
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)
External links.
- California State University, Chico, Clair Engle Collection, MSS 177, Special Collections, Meriam Library, California State University, Chico. California State University, Chico, Claire Engle Collection