Clayton R. Lusk
Clayton R. Lusk | |
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 Clayton R. Lusk (photo courtesy of the Cortland County Historical Society) | |
| Member of the New York State Senate from the 40th district | |
| In office 1919–1924 | |
| Preceded by | Charles J. Hewitt |
| Succeeded by | B. Roger Wales |
| Acting Lieutenant Governor of New York | |
| In office September 26, 1922 – December 31, 1922 | |
| Governor | Nathan L. Miller |
| Preceded by | Jeremiah Wood |
| Succeeded by | George R. Lunn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 21, 1872 Lisle, New York |
| Died | February 1959 (aged 86) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Cortland Normal School Cornell Law School (LL.B.) |
Clayton Riley Lusk (December 21, 1872 in
Biography
Lusk was the son of Samuel Lusk and Clara Root Lusk. He graduated from Cortland
He was a member of the New York State Senate (40th D.) from 1919 to 1924, sitting in the 142nd, 143rd, 144th, 145th, 146th and 147th New York State Legislatures. From 1919 to 1920, he chaired the Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities, which consisted of four senators and five assemblymen and was known popularly as the "Lusk Committee."
Lusk was
A stadium at the State University of New York at Cortland is named in his honor. He was a member of the Young Men's Debating Club (today the Delphic Fraternity) at the Cortland Normal School.
Clayton R. Lusk was also a member of the Cortland County Bar Association, the
Sources
- "Clayton R. Lusk, legislator, dies: Former Republican leader of State Senate acted as Governor in 1922" in NYT on February 15, 1959, p. 85.
- Mencken's America by ISBN 978-0-8214-1531-3; page 221.)
- The Cortland Normal News, Volume 16, No. 4, December 1893, page 21.
- Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Descendants of Daniel Meekes.
- The Cortland Standard, February 16 & 19, 1959.
- The Delphic Fraternity, Inc.[permanent dead link]