Charles Ogle (1798 – May 10, 1841) was an
Anti-Masonic and
Whig member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Biography
Charles Ogle (second son of
Alexander Ogle
Alexander Ogle (August 10, 1766 – October 14, 1832) was an American politician who served as a Jackson Democrat member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1817 to 1819.
Early life
Ogle was born ...
and uncle of
Andrew Jackson Ogle) was born in
Somerset, Pennsylvania
Somerset is a borough in and the county seat of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,046 at the 2020 census. The borough is surrounded by Somerset Township. Somerset is just off Exit 110 of the Pennsylvania Turnpi ...
, in 1798.
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.
He graduated from Washington College (now
Washington & Jefferson College
Washington & Jefferson College (W&J College or W&J) is a private liberal arts college in Washington, Pennsylvania. The college traces its origin to three log cabin colleges in Washington County established by three Presbyterian missionaries t ...
) in 1817.
Political career
Ogle was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the
Twenty-fifth and
Twenty-sixth Congresses. He was reelected as a Whig to the
Twenty-seventh Congress and served until his death in Somerset in 1841. His "
Gold Spoon Oration" (1840) mocked the supposed grandeur of President
Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren ( ; nl, Maarten van Buren; ; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. A primary founder of the Democratic Party, he ...
, contributing to the latter's loss to
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration in 1841, and had the shortest pres ...
later that year.
He served as chairman of the
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during the Twenty-sixth Congress, but died in office of tuberculosis on 10 May 1841 in his home in Somerset, Pennsylvania. He was buried in Union Cemetery in his hometown.
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See also
* List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
Sources
1798 births
1841 deaths
People from Somerset County, Pennsylvania
American people of English descent
Anti-Masonic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania lawyers
19th-century American lawyers
Washington & Jefferson College alumni
19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
Tuberculosis deaths in Pennsylvania
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