Harold Kile Claypool (June 2, 1886 – August 2, 1958) was a 19th-century American businessman and politician who for three terms was a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1837 to 1843.
Harold K. Claypool | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 11th district | |
| In office January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Francis Hammond |
| Succeeded by | Walter E. Brehm |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Harold Kile Claypool June 2, 1886 Bainbridge, Ross County, Ohio |
| Died | August 2, 1958 (aged 72) Chillicothe, Ohio |
| Resting place | Grandview Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University |
He was the son of Horatio Clifford Claypool and cousin of John Barney Peterson.
Biography
editBorn in Bainbridge, Ross County, Ohio, Claypool attended the public schools and Ohio State University at Columbus. He engaged in the publishing business at Columbus, Ohio, and published Hunter and Trader Magazine. He was deputy probate judge of Ross County, Ohio.
Congress
editClaypool was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress.
Later career
editHe resumed the publishing and office supply business. He served as United States marshal for the southern district of Ohio from 1944 to 1953.
Death and burial
editClaypool died in Chillicothe, Ohio, on August 2, 1958. He was interred in Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA.
Sources
edit- United States Congress. "Harold K. Claypool (id: C000489)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress