Moses E. Clapp

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

"Senator Clapp" redirects here. For other uses, see Senator Clapp (disambiguation).

Moses Edwin Clapp
United States Senator
from Minnesota
In office
January 28, 1901 – March 3, 1917
Preceded byCharles A. Towne
Succeeded byFrank B. Kellogg
8th Minnesota Attorney General
In office
1887–1893
GovernorAndrew R. McGill
William R. Merriam
Preceded byWilliam J. Hahn
Succeeded byHenry W. Childs
Personal details
Born(1851-05-21)May 21, 1851
Delphi, Indiana
DiedMarch 6, 1929(1929-03-06) (aged 77)
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison

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 St. Croix County, Wisconsin. He then moved to Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where he practiced law.

He served as the Minnesota Attorney General from 1887 until 1893. In 1900, he entered the special election for Minnesota's seat in the United States Senate that was made vacant by the death of Cushman Davis. 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.[1] 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.

In 1906, he presented A Brief History of the Delaware Indians by Richard C. Adams for publication to the 59th Congress.[2]

References
  1. "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. November 9, 1903. pp. 55–56. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  2. Adams, Richard Calmit (1906). A Brief History of the Delaware Indians. U.S. Government Printing Office.
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