Facts:   - death place: santa rosa , california    - preceded: william kent    - caption: lea in 1917    - party: democratic party    - death date: 20 june 1964      - district: 1st    - term end: january 3 , 1949    - succeeded: hubert b. scudder    - term start: march 4 , 1917    - state: california    - name: clarence f. lea    - birth date: 11 july 1874    - image: file : clarence frederick lea in 1917.jpg    - birth place: highland springs , california    - alma mater: stanford university university of denver   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of clarence f. lea .
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clarence frederick lea -lrb- july 11 , 1874 -- june 20 , 1964 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from california .