Cyrus Cline

Portrait of Cyrus Cline

Cyrus Cline (July 12, 1856 – October 5, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

Career overview

Born near Mansfield, Ohio, Cline moved to Steuben County, Indiana, in 1858 with his parents, who settled near Angola. He attended the Angola High School, and was graduated from Hillsdale College, Michigan, in 1876. Cline was the Superintendent of the schools of Steuben County 1877-1883. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and began practice in Angola, Indiana, in 1884.

Cline was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1917). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Sixty-second Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916. He resumed the practice of law in Angola, Indiana, where he died. He was interred in Circle Hill Cemetery.

References

• Cyrus Cline at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Clarence C. Gilhams	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 12th congressional district 1909-1917	Succeeded by Louis W. Fairfield