Horatio C. Claypool
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Biography
Born in McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio, Claypool attended the common schools, and graduated from National Normal University in Lebanon, Ohio, in 1880. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882 and commenced practice in Chillicothe, Ohio. He served as prosecuting attorney of Ross County from 1899 to 1903 and as probate judge of the county from 1905 to 1910.
Congress
Claypool was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.
Claypool was elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Chillicothe, Ohio.
Death
He died in Columbus, Ohio on January 19, 1921. He was interred in Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA.
Sources
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- 1859 births
- 1921 deaths
- People from McArthur, Ohio
- Politicians from Chillicothe, Ohio
- National Normal University alumni
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
- County district attorneys in Ohio
- Burials at Grandview Cemetery (Chillicothe, Ohio)
- 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives