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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 ...
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Clair Engle: A Featured Biography. 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 ...
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.
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...
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.
25 de jul. de 2017 · Clair Engle’s most bravely memorable moment as a legislator was his last, when he voted: Yes. Of course I hope the vote this week will be very far from John McCain’s last.
7 de ago. de 2014 · U.S. Senator Clair W. Engle, the preeminent politician in Tehama County history, had died at age 52. “Engle was a tough, savvy politician,” wrote historian Stephen Sayles in “California...