Clarence F. Lea

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

Born near Highland Springs, California, in southwestern Lake County, 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, June 20, 1964. Lea is interred in Franklin Avenue Odd Fellows Cemetery.

References

• Clarence F. Lea at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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

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Name	Lea, Clarence Frederick
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	July 11, 1874
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Date of death	June 20, 1964
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