Karl M. Le Compte
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Karl Miles Le Compte (May 25, 1887 - September 30, 1972) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa.
Born in Corydon, Iowa, Le Compte attended the public schools and was graduated from the State University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1909. He became owner and publisher of the Corydon Times-Republican in 1910. During the First World War served as a private in the medical detachment of United States General Hospital No. 26 in 1918. He served as member of the State senate 1917-1921.
Le Compte was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1959). He served as chairman of the Committee on House Administration (Eightieth and Eighty-third Congresses). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress. He returned to newspaper publishing. He retired but continued as a contributing editor. He died in Centerville, Iowa, September 30, 1972. He was interred in Corydon Cemetery, Corydon, Iowa.
