Clarence F. Lea
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Clarence Frederick Lea (July 11, 1874 - June 20, 1964) was a U.S. Representative from California.
Born near Highland Springs, California, Lea attended the common schools, Lakeport Academy, and Stanford University, California. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, in 1898. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Santa Rosa, California. He served as district attorney of Sonoma County 1907-1917. He served as president of the District Attorney's Association of California in 1916 and 1917.
Lea was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917-January 3, 1949). He 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. He engaged in public relations work in Washington, D.C. from 1949 to 1954. He died in Santa Rosa, California, June 20, 1964. He was interred in Franklin Avenue Odd Fellows Cemetery.
