Benjamin H. Clover

Benjamin H. Clover

Benjamin Hutchinson Clover (born December 22, 1837 in Jefferson , Ohio , †  December 30, 1899 in Douglas , Kansas ) was an American politician . Between 1891 and 1893 he represented the third constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Benjamin Clover attended public schools in his home country. In 1871 he moved to Cambridge , Kansas. There he worked in agriculture. Between 1873 and 1888 he was a member of the local school board. Clover joined the Farmers' Alliance and later the Populist Party that emerged from it . He was twice President of the Farmers' Alliance in Kansas. At the federal level he was also twice its vice-president.

In the 1890 congressional election , Clover was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third district of Kansas . There he took over from Bishop W. Perkins on March 4, 1891 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1892, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1893 . After his tenure in Congress ended, Clover returned to his agricultural interests. He died on December 30, 1899 in Douglas and was buried there.

Web links

• Benjamin H. Clover in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Benjamin H. Clover in the database of Find a Grave (English)