Harold Kile Claypool (June 2, 1886 – August 2, 1958) was a 19th-century American businessman and politician who for three terms was a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1837 to 1843.

Harold K. Claypool
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 11th district
In office
January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943
Preceded byPeter Francis Hammond
Succeeded byWalter E. Brehm
Personal details
Born
Harold Kile Claypool

(1886-06-02)June 2, 1886
Bainbridge, Ross County, Ohio
DiedAugust 2, 1958(1958-08-02) (aged 72)
Chillicothe, Ohio
Resting placeGrandview Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materOhio State University

He was the son of Horatio Clifford Claypool and cousin of John Barney Peterson.

Biography

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Born in Bainbridge, Ross County, Ohio, Claypool attended the public schools and Ohio State University at Columbus. He engaged in the publishing business at Columbus, Ohio, and published Hunter and Trader Magazine. He was deputy probate judge of Ross County, Ohio.

Congress

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Claypool was elected as a Democrat 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.

Later career

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He resumed the publishing and office supply business. He served as United States marshal for the southern district of Ohio from 1944 to 1953.

Death and burial

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Claypool died in Chillicothe, Ohio, on August 2, 1958. He was interred in Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA.

Sources

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  • United States Congress. "Harold K. Claypool (id: C000489)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 11th congressional district

January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943
Succeeded by