Moses Edwin Clapp (May 21, 1851 – March 6, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician.
Moses Edwin Clapp | |
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| United States Senator from Minnesota | |
| In office January 28, 1901 – March 3, 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Charles A. Towne |
| Succeeded by | Frank B. Kellogg |
| 8th Minnesota Attorney General | |
| In office 1887–1893 | |
| Governor | Andrew R. McGill William R. Merriam |
| Preceded by | William J. Hahn |
| Succeeded by | Henry W. Childs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 21, 1851 Delphi, Indiana |
| Died | March 6, 1929 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Biography
editBorn 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 Minnesota Attorney General from 1887 until 1893. In 1900, he entered the special election for Minnesota's seat in the United States Senate that was made vacant by the death of Cushman Davis. He won that election, and was later reelected in 1904 and 1910 for two additional terms.
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
edit- ^ "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
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- United States Congress. "Moses E. Clapp (id: C000414)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Works by or about Moses E. Clapp at the Internet Archive
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