Marcus Charles Lawrence Kline (March 26, 1855 – March 10, 1911) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician who served two terms as a Democratic member of the

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from Pennsylvania from 1903 to 1907.

Biography

Marcus C. L. Kline was born in

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. He graduated from Muhlenberg College in

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, where he was a member of the

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. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1876, and commenced practicing in Allentown.

Early career

He served as city solicitor of Allentown in 1877, as district attorney for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, from 1887 to 1890, and chairman of the

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in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, from 1895 to 1899. He worked as president of the Lehigh Valley Trust Co. from 1899 to 1906.

Congress

Kline was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906. After Congress, Kline resumed the practice of law and also engaged in banking. He worked as president of the Allentown Trust Co. 1907–1911. He was a delegate to the

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Death

Kline died in

on March 10, 1911 at age 55, and was interred in Fairview Cemetery in Allentown.

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Marcus C.L. Kline
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