Horatio C. Claypool

Horatio C. Claypool

Horatio Clifford Claypool (born February 9, 1859 in McArthur , Ohio , †  January 19, 1921 in Columbus , Ohio) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1915 and again from 1917 to 1919 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Horatio Claypool was the father of Congressman Harold K. Claypool (1886-1958) and a cousin of John B. Peterson (1850-1944), who represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives. He attended the public schools in his home country and then until 1880 the normal school in Lebanon . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1882, he began to work in this profession in Chillicothe . From 1899 to 1903 he was a prosecutor in the local Ross County ; between 1905 and 1910 he acted there as a debt restructuring judge. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party .

In the 1910 congressional election , Claypool was elected to the Eleventh constituency of Ohio in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Republican Albert Douglas on March 4, 1911 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1915 . In 1913 the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified. In 1914, Claypool lost to Edwin D. Ricketts . In the elections of 1916 he was re-elected to Congress in the eleventh district of his state, where he replaced Ricketts on March 4, 1917. Since he was subject to this again in 1918, he could only spend one more term in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1919. This time was largely shaped by the events of the First World War .

After the end of his time in Congress, Horatio Claypool practiced again as a lawyer in Chillicothe. He died on January 19, 1921 in Columbus and was buried in Chillicothe.

Web links

• Horatio C. Claypool in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Horatio C. Claypool in the database of Find a Grave (English)