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Clair Engle (September 21, 1911 – July 30, 1964) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from California from 1959 until his death in 1964. A member of the Democratic Party , he is best remembered for participating in the vote breaking the filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the U.S. Senate while ...
- Democratic
- Oak Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff, California
Clair Engle represented California in the U.S. Congress as a representative from 1943 to 1959, and then as a senator from 1959 until his death in 1964. Over the course of his career, Engle’s political ideology evolved from social and fiscal conservative to liberal, earning him a 100 percent approval rating from Americans for Democratic Action.
Senator Clare Engle was a United States senator from California who cast an important vote to end the filibuster of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, even as a brain tumor had left him with an expressive aphasia and would claim his life just a month later. This paper reviews the history of Senator Engle’s illness in parallel with that of the Civil ...
- Colin Son
- 2015
11 de abr. de 2016 · During the vote, the terminally ill Senator from California, Clair Engle, was brought to the floor in a wheelchair. Unable to speak because of a brain tumor, Engle pointed to his eye to signify his Yes vote. President Johnson signed the bill on July 2 in a nationally televised ceremony. The new law prohibited discrimination in public places.
WASHINGTON, July 30 —Senator Clair Engle, Democrat of California, died in his sleep just after 3 A.M. today after an illness of 11 months. He was 52 years old. There was speculation here that...
25 de jul. de 2017 · What John McCain Can Learn From Clair Engle. Half a century ago, a senator battling a brain tumor took to the Senate floor, and secured his legacy. By James Fallows. Bill Allen / AP. July 24,...
Clair Engle was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from California from 1959 until his death in 1964. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best remembered for participating in the vote breaking the filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the U.S. Senate while partially paralyzed and unable to speak, shortly ...
