Francis Brengle was an American

United States

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 politician. Born in Frederick, Maryland

Frederick, Maryland

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, he completed studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in that city. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates

Maryland House of Delegates

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 in 1832, 1834, and 1836, and was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress, serving from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1845. He died in Frederick at the age of 39 and is interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery

Mount Olivet Cemetery (Frederick)

Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery in Frederick City, Maryland. It was chartered on October 4, 1852 to provide several of the downtown churches more room for interments, after their cemeteries became full...

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