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I. Clinton Kline

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I. Clinton Kline
Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 16th district
In office
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923
Preceded byJohn V. Lesher
Succeeded byEdgar R. Kiess
Personal details
Born(1858-08-18)August 18, 1858
Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedDecember 2, 1947(1947-12-02) (aged 89)
DeLand, Florida, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Alma materState Normal School (Bloomsburg)
Bucknell Academy
Lafayette College

Isaac Clinton Kline (August 18, 1858 – December 2, 1947) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

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He was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. He attended the State Normal School in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, and Bucknell Academy in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1893. He taught school five years before entering college. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice in Sunbury, Pennsylvania.

Kline was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1912, but was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922. He resumed the practice of his profession in Sunbury, and died in DeLand, Florida. Interment in Pomfret Manor Cemetery, in Sunbury.

Sources

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  • United States Congress. "Isaac Clinton Kline (id: K000267)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district

1921–1923
Succeeded by