Clarence Wayland Watson

Clarence Wayland Watson (* 8. May 1864 in Fairmont , West Virginia ; † 24. May 1940 in Cincinnati , Ohio ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party . From 1911 to 1913 he represented the state of West Virginia in the US Senate .

biography

Watson was born in Fairmont, northern West Virginia. He attended the public schools there and hired himself out as a worker in coal mines . Watson gradually worked his way up and presided over several corporations that operated coal mines across the United States.

In 1911 he was elected as the Democratic Party candidate to succeed the late Stephen Benton Elkins in the US Senate. He did not succeed in re-election, so that after almost two years in 1913 he left the Congress . In March 1918, Watson was named Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army . He was used at the front in France during the First World War . During his combat mission in 1918, Watson, although absent, was again nominated by the Democrats for a seat in the US Senate, but could not prevail against the Republican Davis Elkins . In January 1919 he returned from France and was honorably discharged from the Army.

On the farm in Fairmont inherited from his parents, Watson indulged his passion, horse breeding. His horses have won multiple awards in both the US and Europe.

Watson was married to Minnie Owings. He died in May 1940, shortly after his 76th birthday, on a business trip in Cincinnati. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in his hometown.

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Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b United States Congress: WATSON, Clarence Wayland, (1864-1940) . ( congress.gov ).
^ The New York Times : FAIR FROM HORSES WIN AT BAY SHORE; CW Watson's Stable of High Steppers Makes Nearly a Clean Sweep at the Horse Show. MRS. WATSON DRIVES WELL Two Runaways Enliven the Judging at Opening Day - Long Island Society Musters In Force. ( nytimes.com ).
↑ findagrave.com: Clarence Wayland Watson . ( findagrave.com ).

personal data
SURNAME	Watson, Clarence Wayland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician (Democratic Party)
DATE OF BIRTH	May 8, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fairmont , West Virginia
DATE OF DEATH	May 24, 1940
Place of death	Cincinnati , Ohio

[congress-1] United States Congress: WATSON, Clarence Wayland, (1864-1940) . ( congress.gov ).

[nytimes-2] The New York Times : FAIR FROM HORSES WIN AT BAY SHORE; CW Watson's Stable of High Steppers Makes Nearly a Clean Sweep at the Horse Show. MRS. WATSON DRIVES WELL Two Runaways Enliven the Judging at Opening Day - Long Island Society Musters In Force. ( nytimes.com ).

[3] rave.com: Clarence Wayland Watson . ( findagrave.com ).