Frank B. Klepper

Frank B. Klepper (born June 22, 1864 in St. John , Putnam County , Missouri , †  August 4, 1933 in Cameron , Missouri) was an American politician . Between 1905 and 1907 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frank Klepper attended the public schools in Mirabile , where his parents had meanwhile moved. He later moved to Clinton County where he worked in agriculture. He then studied at Baker University in Baldwin City ( Kansas ). This was followed by two years, during which Klepper worked as a teacher. After studying law at the University of Missouri at Columbia and being admitted to the bar in 1898, he began working in this profession in Polo . Between 1900 and 1905 Klepper was a prosecutor in the local Caldwell County .

Politically, Klepper was a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1904 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded John Dougherty on March 4, 1905 . Since he was defeated by the Democrat Joshua W. Alexander in 1906 , he was only able to serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1907 .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Klepper moved to Cameron, where he practiced as a lawyer. He also worked in the banking industry. Between 1916 and 1920 he was a district attorney in Clinton County; then he continued his work as a lawyer. Frank Klepper died on August 4, 1933 in Cameron, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Frank B. Klepper in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Frank B. Klepper in the database of Find a Grave (English)