Clarence F. Lea

Clarence Frederick Lea
Lea in 1917

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st district
In office March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1949
Preceded by	William Kent
Succeeded by	Hubert Baxter Scudder
Personal details
Born	(1874-07-11)July 11, 1874 Highland Springs, California
Died	June 20, 1964(1964-06-20) (aged 89) Santa Rosa, California
Political party	Democratic Party
Education	Lakeport Academy Stanford University University of Denver

Clarence Frederick Lea (July 11, 1874 – June 20, 1964) was a U.S. Representative from California.^[1]

Biography

He was born near Highland Springs, California, in southwestern Lake County on July 11, 1874. Lea attended Lakeport Academy in Lakeport, and Stanford University. He obtained a degree in law from the University of Denver, in Denver, Colorado, in 1898. Lea was admitted to the bar the same year and began practicing in Santa Rosa, California. He served as district attorney of Sonoma County, 1907–1917, and as president of the District Attorney's Association of California in 1916 and 1917.

He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1949). Lea served as chairman of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Seventy-fifth through Seventy-ninth Congresses). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1948. Lea engaged in public relations work in Washington, D.C. from 1949 to 1954.

He died in Santa Rosa, California on June 20, 1964.^[1] Lea is interred in Franklin Avenue Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Legacy

He is known for having led the group of delegates who passed the resolution calling for the Internment of Italian Americans, Internment of Japanese Americans and Internment of German Americans during World War II.^[2]^[3]

References

United States Congress. "Clarence F. Lea (id: L000163)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

1 2 "Clarence Lea, 89, Served In House". New York Times. Associated Press. June 22, 1964.
↑ "Prisoners Among Us" (PDF). NIAF.
↑ "Chapter V: Japanese Evacuation From the West Coast". www.history.army.mil. Retrieved 2016-08-16.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by William Kent	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st congressional district 1917–1949	Succeeded by Hubert B. Scudder

Chairmen of the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Commerce and Manufactures (1795–1819)	Goodhue Swanwick Livingston S. Smith Mitchill Crowninshield Mumford Newton

Commerce (1819–1893)	Newton Cambreleng Sutherland F. Smith Cushman Curtis Kennedy Holmes McClelland Hunt McLane Seymour Fuller Washburne Cochrane Washburne Eliot Dixon Shellabarger Wheeler Hereford Ward Reagan Page Reagan Clardy Baker

Interstate and Foreign Commerce (1893–1981)	Wise Hepburn Mann Adamson Sims Esch Winslow Parker Rayburn Lea Wolverton Crosser Wolverton Priest Harris Staggers

Energy and Commerce (1981–present)	Dingell Bliley Tauzin Barton Dingell Waxman Upton Walden (Designate)

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Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 17027272 LCCN: no2008037197 US Congress: L000163

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