Charles Irwin Stengle (December 5, 1869 – November 23, 1953) was an American newspaperman and politician who served one term as a

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from

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, serving one term from 1923 to 1925.

Biography

Born in Savageville, Virginia, Stengle attended the public schools. In 1890, he graduated from Goldey College (now

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) in Wilmington, Delaware. Stengle served as the chaplain of the Delaware House of Representatives in 1898. He then moved to Virginia, working in the newspaper business in

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and Fredericksburgh. 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.

Congress

Stengle was elected as a

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to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress.

Later career and death

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 in Tinton Falls, New Jersey.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stengle, Charles Irwin 1869 births 1953 deaths Goldey–Beacom College alumni Politicians from Fredericksburg, Virginia Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)