Moses Edwin Clapp (May 21, 1851March 6, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician.

Biography

Born in Delphi, Indiana, Clapp moved with his parents to Hudson, Wisconsin. He went to University of Wisconsin Law School and practiced law in Hudson, Wisconsin. He was district attorney for

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. He then moved to Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where he practiced law. He served as the

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from 1887 until 1893. In 1900, he entered the special election for

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's seat in the

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that was made vacant by the death of

Cushman Davis Cushman Kellogg Davis (June 16, 1838November 27, 1900) was an American Republican politician who served as the seventh Governor of Minnesota and as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota. Early life and American Civil War Davis was born in Henderson, Ne ...

. He won that election, and was later reelected in 1904 and 1910 for two additional terms. He served in the Senate from January 28, 1901, to March 3, 1917, a term that spanned the 57th, 58th, 59th, 60th, 61st, 62nd, 63rd, and 64th Congresses. He was not renominated by the party in 1916. Clapp, along with Hiram F. Stevens, Ambrose Tighe, Thomas D. O'Brien, and Clarence Halbert, was also a co-founder of William Mitchell College of Law.

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* * 1851 births 1929 deaths People from Delphi, Indiana Republican Party United States senators from Minnesota Minnesota Attorneys General Minnesota lawyers Wisconsin lawyers People from Fergus Falls, Minnesota People from Hudson, Wisconsin 19th-century American lawyers University of Wisconsin Law School alumni {{Minnesota-politician-stub