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{{Short description|American educator and politician (1863–1921)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Clement Laird Brumbaugh
| image name=BRUMBAUGH, CLEMENT. HONORABLE LCCN2016858533.jpg
| caption = 
| state= [[Ohio]]
| district= [[Ohio's 12th congressional district|12th]]
| party= [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| term_start = March 4, 1913
| term_end = March 3, 1921
| preceded= [[Edward L. Taylor Jr.]]
| succeeded= [[John C. Speaks]]
| state_house2  =  Ohio
| district2     =  [[Darke County, Ohio|Darke County]]
| term_start2   =  January 1, 1900
| term_end2     =  January 3, 1904
| predecessor2  = Charles W. Ludwick
| successor2    =  A. H. Judy
| birth_date = {{birth date|1863|2|28}}
| birth_place = [[Darke County, Ohio]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1921|9|28|1863|2|28}}
| death_place = [[Columbus, Ohio]]
| alma_mater = [[National Normal University]]<br>[[Ohio Wesleyan University]]<br>[[Harvard University]]
| spouse= 
| children = 
| religion= 
}}
'''Clement Laird Brumbaugh''' (February 28, 1863 – September 28, 1921) was an American educator and politician who served as a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Ohio]] for four terms from 1913 to 1921.

==Early life and education==
Born on a farm near [[Pikeville, Ohio|Pikeville]], in [[Darke County, Ohio]], Brumbaugh attended the district schools and Greenville High School in [[Greenville, Ohio]].
He taught school, worked on a farm, and tutored.
He was graduated from [[National Normal University]], [[Lebanon, Ohio]], in 1887.

He was related to the infamous World War I aviator and barnstormer, Dr. David Brumbaugh.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

He founded and conducted the Van Buren Academy from 1887 to 1891.

He attended [[Ohio Wesleyan University]], [[Delaware, Ohio]] from 1891 to 1893.
He graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1894.

==Early career==
After this Brumbaugh taught school in [[Washington, D.C.]] from 1894 to 1896.  Next he served as Superintendent of schools in Greenville, Ohio from 1896 to 1900.{{citation needed | date=February 2021}}

He studied law and was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] in 1900 and commenced practice in [[Columbus, Ohio]].

He served as member of the State house of representatives 1900-1904, serving as minority leader.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

==Congress==
Brumbaugh was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[63rd United States Congress|Sixty-third]] and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1921).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Railways and Canals ([[65th United States Congress|Sixty-fifth]] Congress).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1920.

==Retirement and death==
He lived in retirement in [[Columbus, Ohio]], until his death there on September 28, 1921. He was interred in Greenville Union Cemetery in  Greenville, Ohio.

==Sources==
{{CongBio|B000975}}

==External links==
* {{find a Grave|12738953}}

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| district=12
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| before=[[Edward L. Taylor Jr.]]
| after= [[John C. Speaks]]
| years=March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1921
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