Claude L’ENGLE, Congress, FL (1868-1919)

1868-1919

L’ENGLE, Claude, a Representative from Florida; born in Jacksonville, Fla., October 19, 1868; attended the public schools and the Duval High School; engaged in mercantile pursuits; became editor and publisher of Dixie, a weekly newspaper; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; again engaged in journalism; died in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., November 6, 1919; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present