Clement L. Brumbaugh

Clement L. Brumbaugh

Clement Laird Brumbaugh (born February 28, 1863 in Pikeville , Darke County , Ohio , †  September 28, 1921 in Columbus , Ohio) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1921 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Clement Brumbaugh attended his homeland public schools and then Greenville High School . After that he worked as a teacher himself. He also worked at times on a farm. In 1887 he graduated from the National Normal University in Lebanon . He founded the Van Buren Academy , which he directed between 1887 and 1891. From 1891 to 1893 he studied at Ohio Wesleyan University in the city of Delaware . He finally graduated from Harvard University in 1894 . From 1894 to 1896 he was a teacher in Washington, DC and from 1896 to 1900 he served as a school council in Greenville . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1900, he began working in this profession in Columbus. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . From 1900 to 1904 he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives , where he headed the Democratic Group.

In the 1912 congressional election , Brumbaugh was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the twelfth constituency of Ohio, where he succeeded Republican Edward L. Taylor on March 4, 1913 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1921 . World War I fell during his time in Congress . In addition, the 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1919 and 1920 . It was about the ban on trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage . The 16th and 17th amendments to the Constitution had already been ratified in 1913 . It was about the nationwide income tax and the direct election of the US senators .

From 1917 to 1919, Clement Brumbaugh chaired the Committee on Railways and Canals . In 1920 he renounced another candidacy. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he withdrew into retirement. He died on September 28, 1921 in Columbus and was buried in Greenville.

Web links

• Clement L. Brumbaugh in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Clement L. Brumbaugh in the database of Find a Grave (English)