Charles Ogle (politician)

Charles Ogle (* 1798 in Somerset, Pennsylvania, † May 10, 1841 ) was an American politician. Between 1837 and 1841 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Ogle was the son of Congressman Alexander Ogle (1766-1832) and the uncle of another congressman named Andrew Jackson Ogle ( 1822-1852 ). He attended preparatory schools. After a subsequent law degree in 1822 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Somerset to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as members of the Anti- Masonic Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1836 Ogle was in the 18th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Jobmann on March 4, 1837. After three re- elections he could remain until his death on May 10, in 1841 Congress. End of the 1830s he stepped over to the Whigs. Between 1839 and 1841 he was chairman of the committee of roads and canals.

National importance was Charles Ogle in April 1840, a three-day speech to Congress in which he massively incumbent Democratic U.S. President Martin Van Buren attacked and accused him, among other large-scale waste. This speech was received as Gold Spoon Oration in the history of Congress, because Ogle claimed, among other things, the president in the White House would eat with golden spoons. Background of the speech was the presidential campaign of 1840. Ogles accusations were baseless content. But they were immediately seized upon by his party and verbreitetet nationwide. The country had had not yet recovered from the recession of 1837 and such allegations were met with the partially suffering people with open ears. This Ogle had not insignificantly contributed to the election of William Henry Harrison. He died a month after taking office, Charles Ogle again a month later.