Clay Freeman Gaumer (March 14, 1870 ― May 20, 1952) was a Prohibitionist member of the

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during the 44th and 45th Illinois General Assemblies. A native of

Alvin, Illinois Alvin is a village in South Ross Township, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Danville, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 316 at the 2000 census. Gaumer was reelected in 1906. In 1907, he introduced a constitutional amendment to create a statewide ban on alcohol consumption. He lost reelection in 1908. Gaumer would run for office on behalf of the Prohibition Party on a number of occasions after his time in the

. He was the party's nominee for Illinois's at-large congressional district in 1934 general election; its nominee for

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in 1920 general election and 1936 general election; its nominee for Illinois Treasurer in the 1938 general election, its gubernatorial nominee in the 1940 general election; its nominee for Illinois State Superintendent in the 1942 election; and in the 1944 general election as one of its nominees for a seat on the

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. He also attempted to get on the ballot as the party's nominee for United States Senate in the 1932 general election. Gaumer died May 20, 1952, in Danville, Illinois.

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1870 births 1952 deaths Members of the Illinois House of Representatives 20th-century American legislators Illinois Prohibitionists People from Vermilion County, Illinois {{Illinois-Ilrepresentative-stub