Karl Miles Le Compte

congressman, editor

Karl Miles Le Compte (May 25, 1887 - September 30, 1972) was a ten-term Republican U.S. Representative from south-central Iowa. He won ten consecutive races from 1938 to 1956, before choosing not to run again in 1958.

Background

Born in Corydon, Iowa, Le Compte attended the public schools and graduated from the University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1909.

Education

Le Compte attended the public schools.
Le Compte graduated from the University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1909.

Career

In 1910 he became owner and publisher of the Corydon Times-Republican. In 1916, at age 29, he won election to the Iowa Senate, becoming its youngest member. In 1918, during the First World War served as a private in the medical detachment of United States General Hospital No. 26, but did not serve overseas. His service in the Senate ended in 1921.

Achievements

The Congressman was honored by his family and hometown friends when the Corydon Public Library was named after him in 1977.

Politics

When Republican U.S. Representative Lloyd Thurston ran for the U.S. Senate in 1938, Le Compte ran for his seat in Iowa's 5th congressional district. In a successful bid for the Republican nomination in the primary, his advertisements stressed that he was "inalterably opposed to the New Deal Program of waste and extravagance."

Party affiliation: Republican United States Representative

Membership

the Iowa Historical Society , United States
Sigma Delta Chi , United States of America
Sigma Delta Kappa , United States of America
Phi Theta Pi , United States of America
Mason and Elk. , United States of America

Personality

Interests

Other interests: Politics, editing

Connections

Father: Charles Francis - United States
Mother: Hannah D. - United States
Wife: Dorothy Tye - United States

Born May 25, 1887

Corydon, Iowa, United States

Died September 30, 1972

(aged 85)

Centerville, Iowa, United States

Nationality

United States

Ethnicity

American

November 30, 1909

studied at University of Iowa
1917 - 1921

member, State senate
1918 - 1918

private, United States General Hospital Northern 26
1939 - 1958

chairman, Committee on House Administration
January, 1939 - January 3, 1959

Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the nine succeeding Congresses
1959 - 1972

editor, the Corydon Times-Republican

Contributor

Yulia Zhuk	last changed	03/11/2011	view changes
Anastasia Mozhaiskaya	last changed	05/07/2012	view changes
Anna Gutnik	last changed	03/06/2013	view changes

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- United States General Hospital No. 26
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- State senate
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- the Corydon Times-Republican
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- Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the nine succeeding Congresses
Major Achievements
- The Congressman was honored by his family and hometown friends when the Corydon Public Library was named after him in 1977.
Membership
- Sigma Delta Chi
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- Sigma Delta Kappa
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- Phi Theta Pi
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- Mason and Elk.
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Relatives
- Dorothy
- Dorothy Tye
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