Harold Kile Claypool (June 2, 1886 – August 2, 1958) was a
U.S. Representative
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Horatio Clifford Claypool
Horatio Clifford Claypool (February 9, 1859 – January 19, 1921) was a three term U.S. Representative from Ohio. He was the father of Harold Kile Claypool and cousin of John Barney Peterson.
Biography
Born in McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio, Clay ...
Bainbridge, Ross County, Ohio
Bainbridge is a village in Ross County, Ohio, United States, along Paint Creek. The population was 860 at the 2010 census.
Bainbridge is the location of Pike Lake State Park.
Geography
Bainbridge is located at (39.227074, -83.269564).
Acco ...
, Claypool attended the public schools and Ohio State University at Columbus. He engaged in the publishing business at
Columbus, Ohio
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, and published Hunter and Trader Magazine. He was deputy probate judge of Ross County, Ohio.
Claypool was elected as a
Democrat
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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. He resumed the publishing and office supply business. He served as United States marshal for the southern district of Ohio from 1944 to 1953.
Claypool died in
Chillicothe, Ohio
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, on August 2, 1958. He was interred in
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe
Grandview Cemetery is a cemetery in Chillicothe, Ohio.
About
Grandview Cemetery (originally spelled Grand View as two words) was established around 1841.Ross County, Ohio, USA.