Cliff Clevenger
Cliff Clevenger | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 5th district | |
In office January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1959 | |
Preceded by | Frank C. Kniffin |
Succeeded by | Del Latta |
Personal details | |
Born | Brown County, Nebraska | August 20, 1885
Died | December 13, 1960 Tiffin, Ohio | (aged 75)
Resting place | Oak Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Wisconsin |
Political party | Republican |
Cliff Clevenger (August 20, 1885 – December 13, 1960) was a United States representative from Ohio. He served ten terms in Congress from 1939 to 1959.
Biography
[edit]Cliff Clevenger was born on a ranch near Long Pine, Brown County, Nebraska. He moved in 1895 with his parents to Lacona, Iowa, where he attended the public schools. He engaged in the mercantile business at Marengo, Iowa, 1901–1903 and at Appleton, Wisconsin, 1904-1914. He was also president of the Clevenger Stores, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1915–1926 and manager of the F. W. Uhlman Stores, Bryan, Ohio, 1927-1938.
Congress
[edit]Clevenger was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1959). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1958. He died at his home in Tiffin, Ohio, in 1960.[1]
Clevenger voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.[2]
Death
[edit]He died on December 13, 1960, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Wisconsin.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- United States Congress. "Cliff Clevenger (id: C000515)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- 1885 births
- 1960 deaths
- American segregationists
- People from Brown County, Nebraska
- People from Warren County, Iowa
- People from Bryan, Ohio
- People from Appleton, Wisconsin
- People from Tiffin, Ohio
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
- 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives