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Moses Edwin Clapp U.S. Senator from Minnesota In office
January 23, 1901 to March 4, 1917Preceded by Charles A. Towne Succeeded by Frank B. Kellogg 8th Minnesota Attorney General In office
1887–1893Preceded by William J. Hahn Succeeded by Henry W. Childs Personal details Born May 21, 1851 Died March 6, 1929 (aged 77)Nationality American Political party Republican Alma mater University of Wisconsin–Madison Moses Edwin Clapp (May 21, 1851 – March 6, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician.
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 23, 1901 to March 4, 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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Legal offices Preceded by
William J. HahnMinnesota Attorney General
1887–1893Succeeded by
Henry W. ChildsUnited States Senate Preceded by
Charles A. TowneUnited States Senator (Class 1) from Minnesota
1901–1917
Served alongside: Knute NelsonSucceeded by
Frank B. KelloggAttorneys General of Minnesota United States Senators from Minnesota Class 1 Rice · Ramsey · McMillan · Davis · Towne · Clapp · Kellogg · Shipstead · Thye · McCarthy · H. Humphrey · M. Humphrey · Durenberger · Grams · Dayton · Klobuchar
Class 2 Categories:- 1851 births
- 1929 deaths
- United States Senators from Minnesota
- Minnesota Attorneys General
- Minnesota Republicans
- Minnesota lawyers
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- University of Wisconsin Law School alumni
- Republican Party United States Senators
- Minnesota politician stubs
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