Clapp, Moses E. (Moses Edwin), 1851-1929

LC control no.	no 89001825
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Clapp, Moses E. (Moses Edwin), 1851-1929 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1851-05-21
Death date	1929-03-06
Place of birth	Delphi (Ind.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupation	Legislators Lawyers
Found in	His The tariff bill, 1909: t.p. (Moses E. Clapp) NUC pre-56 (hdg.: Clapp, Moses Edwin, 1851-1929) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed February 28, 2024: (Clapp, Moses Edwin, a Senator from Minnesota; born in Delphi, Carroll County, Ind., May 21, 1851; moved with his parents to Hudson, Wis., in 1857; attended the common schools; graduated from the law department of the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1873; admitted to the bar in 1874 and commenced practice in Hudson, St. Croix County, Wis.; prosecuting attorney of St. Croix County, Wis. 1878-1880; moved to Fergus Falls, Minn., in 1881 and continued the practice of law; attorney general of Minnesota 1887-1893; moved to St. Paul, Minn., in 1891 and continued the practice of law; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Minnesota in 1896; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1901 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Cushman K. Davis; reelected in 1905 and 1911 and served from January 28, 1901, to March 3, 1917; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1916; chairman, Committee to Examine Branches of the Civil Service (Fifty-seventh through Fifty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Indian Affairs (Fifty-ninth through Sixty-first Congresses), Committee on Interstate Commerce (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Standards, Weights, and Measures (Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses); practiced law in Washington, D.C., 1918-1923; became vice president and general counsel of the North American Development Corporation in Washington, D.C. in 1923; died at his country home 'Union Farm,' near Accotink, Va., on March 6, 1929; interment in Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Associated language	eng