Verna L. Clayton (born February 28, 1937) is an American politician. Born in

Hamden, Ohio Hamden is a village in Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 879 at the 2010 census. History Hamden was laid out in 1820. It was incorporated as a village in 1876. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the vi ...

, Clayton went to

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, Harper College, and

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. She served as the clerk for Buffalo Grove, Illinois from 1971 to 1979 and then served as the mayor of Buffalo Grove from 1979 to 1991. Clayton served in the

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from 1993 to 1999 and was a Republican.Our Campaigns.com.-Verna L. Clayton
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