Frank Clague

Frank Clague

Frank Andrew Clague (born July 13, 1865 in Warrensville , Cuyahoga County , Ohio , †  March 25, 1952 in Redwood Falls , Minnesota ) was an American politician . Between 1921 and 1933 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frank Clague attended his homeland public schools and moved to Minnesota in 1881. There he attended the State Normal School in Mankato between 1882 and 1885 . From 1886 to 1890 he was a teacher in Springfield . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1891, he began to work in Lamberton in his new profession. Between 1895 and 1903, Clague was a district attorney in Redwood County .

Politically, Clague became a member of the Republican Party . Between 1903 and 1907 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Minnesota ; from 1905 he was its president. From 1907 to 1915 Clague was a member of the State Senate . He also served as a judge in the Minnesota Ninth Judicial District from 1919 to 1920.

In the congressional elections of 1920 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Minnesota , where he succeeded Franklin Ellsworth on March 4, 1921 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1933 . Shortly before the end of his last term in office, the 20th Amendment to the Constitution was passed, bringing the terms of office of Congress and President forward from March to January in order to shorten the gap between the November elections and the start of office.

In 1932 Frank Clague declined to run again. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. He also worked in agriculture. He spent his retirement in Redwood Falls, where he died on March 25, 1952. He was married to Stella P. Clague (1868-1958).

Web links

• Frank Clague in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Frank Clague in the database of Find a Grave (English)