Charles McClure (1804 – January 10, 1846) was a Democratic member of the

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from

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. Charles McClure was born on Willow Grove farm, near

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. He graduated from

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in Carlisle in 1824. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and practiced. He was a member of the

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in 1835. McClure was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He was elected to the Twenty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

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. He served as secretary of state of Pennsylvania from 1843 to 1845, and was active in promoting the public-school system of Pennsylvania. He died in

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, in 1846, and is interred in

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