Moses E. Clapp
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Moses Edwin Clapp | |
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William J. Hahn | |
| Succeeded by | Henry W. Childs |
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| Born | May 21, 1851 University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Moses Edwin Clapp (May 21, 1851 – March 6, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician.
Biography
Born in Delphi, Indiana, Clapp moved with his parents to Hudson, Wisconsin. He went to University of Wisconsin Law School and practiced law in Hudson, Wisconsin. He was district attorney for St. Croix County, Wisconsin. He then moved to Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where he practiced law.
He served as the
He served in the Senate from January 28, 1901, to March 3, 1917, a term that spanned the 57th, 58th, 59th, 60th, 61st, 62nd, 63rd, and 64th Congresses.[1] He was not renominated by the party in 1916. Clapp, along with Hiram F. Stevens, Ambrose Tighe, Thomas D. O'Brien, and Clarence Halbert, was also a co-founder of William Mitchell College of Law.
In 1906, he presented A Brief History of the Delaware Indians by Richard C. Adams for publication to the 59th Congress.[2]
References
- ^ "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. November 9, 1903. pp. 55–56. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
- ^ Adams, Richard Calmit (1906). A Brief History of the Delaware Indians. U.S. Government Printing Office.
External links
- United States Congress. "Moses E. Clapp (id: C000414)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Works by or about Moses E. Clapp at Internet Archive
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