Charles Ogle (politician)

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Charles Ogle (1798 - May 10, 1841) was an Anti-Masonic and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Charles Ogle (son of Alexander Ogle and uncle of Andrew Jackson Ogle) was born in Somerset, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in Somerset.

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. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Roads and Canals during the Twenty-sixth Congress. Interment in Union Cemetery.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Job Mann

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district 1837 - 1841

Succeeded by Henry Black