Charles M. Teague
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Charles McKevett Teague was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from California
California
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Born in Santa Paula, California
Santa Paula, California
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, Teague attended the public schools.
He was graduated from Stanford University
Stanford University
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 in 1931 and from Stanford Law School in 1934.
He was admitted to the bar
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 in 1934 and commenced the practice of law in Los Angeles and Ventura, California.
He served in the United States Air Force
United States Air Force
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 1942-1946.
Awarded Air Force commendation ribbon.
He served as director of McKevett Corp. and Teague-McKevett Co..

Teague was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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 to the Eighty-fourth
84th United States Congress
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 and to the nine succeeding Congresses, and served from January 3, 1955, until his death January 1, 1974, in Santa Paula, California
Santa Paula, California
Santa Paula is a city within Ventura County, California, United States. The population was 29,321 at the 2010 census, up from 28,598 at the 2000 census...

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Cremated.
Ashes interred in family plot in Santa Paula Cemetery.
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