Charles I. Stengle | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's6th district | |
| In office March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Warren I. Lee |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Lawrence Somers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1869-12-05)December 5, 1869 Savageville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | November 23, 1953(1953-11-23) (aged 83) |
| Political party | Democratic |
Charles Irwin Stengle (December 5, 1869 – November 23, 1953) was an American newspaperman and politician who served one term as aU.S. Representative fromNew York, serving one term from 1923 to 1925.
Born inSavageville, Virginia, Stengle attended the public schools. In 1890, he graduated from Goldey College (nowGoldey–Beacom College) in Wilmington, Delaware.
Stengle served as the chaplain of theDelaware House of Representatives in 1898. He then moved to Virginia, working in the newspaper business inNorfolk andFredericksburgh. He moved to New York City in 1910 where he continued his career in journalism until 1917. Secretary of the municipal civil service commission of New York City from January 1, 1918, to January 1, 1923, when he resigned.
Stengle was elected as aDemocrat to theSixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1924 to theSixty-ninth Congress.
He was appointed by President Coolidge in 1925 as a lieutenant colonel, Specialist Reserves, attached to The Adjutant General's Office.
He was editor of the National Farm News. Legislative representative of the American Federation of Government Employees from 1934 until his retirement in August 1953. He died in Shaftos Corner,New Shrewsbury, New Jersey, on November 23, 1953. He was interred at Monmouth Memorial Park inTinton Falls, New Jersey.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's 6th congressional district 1923–1925 | Succeeded by |
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