Charles Ogle | |
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From Volume II of 1903'sThe Twentieth Century Bench and Bar of Pennsylvania | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's18th district | |
| In office March 4, 1837 – May 10, 1841 | |
| Preceded by | Job Mann |
| Succeeded by | Henry Black |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1798 Somerset, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | May 10, 1841(1841-05-10) (aged 42–43) Somerset, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Resting place | Union Cemetery 40°0′40″N79°4′49″W / 40.01111°N 79.08028°W /40.01111; -79.08028 |
| Party | Anti-Masonic,Whig |
| Spouse | eldest daughter of James Postlethwaite[1] |
| Relations | Alexander Ogle (father),Andrew Jackson Ogle (nephew) |
| Alma mater | Washington College |
| Occupation | solicitor, jurist, representative |
| Profession | lawyer |
| Committees | United States House Committee on Roads and Canals 4 March 1839 - 3 March 1841 (26th Congress) |
Charles Ogle (1798 – May 10, 1841) was an American attorney and politician who served as anAnti-Masonic andWhig member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
The second son ofAlexander Ogle and uncle ofAndrew Jackson Ogle, Charles Ogle was born inSomerset, Pennsylvania, in 1798.[2] He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in Somerset. He served on the Common Pleas Bench for Lancaster County.[3]He graduated from Washington College (nowWashington & Jefferson College) in 1817.[4]
Ogle was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to theTwenty-fifth andTwenty-sixth Congresses. He was reelected as a Whig to theTwenty-seventh Congress and served until his death in Somerset in 1841. His "Gold Spoon Oration" (1840) mocked the supposed grandeur of PresidentMartin Van Buren, contributing to the latter's loss toWilliam Henry Harrison later that year.[citation needed]
He served as chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Roads and Canals during the Twenty-sixth Congress,[5] but died in office oftuberculosis on 10 May 1841 in his home in Somerset, Pennsylvania.[6] He was buried in Union Cemetery in his hometown.[7]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 18th congressional district 1837–1841 | Succeeded by |
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