Preceded by Charles A. Towne Name Moses Clapp Resigned March 4, 1917 Political party Republican Succeeded by Frank B. Kellogg | Nationality American Preceded by William J. Hahn Party Republican Party | |
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Born May 21, 1851
Delphi, Indiana ( 1851-05-21 ) Alma mater University of Wisconsin–Madison Role Former United States Senator Died March 6, 1929, Accotink, Virginia, United States Education University of Wisconsin-Madison | ||
Previous office Senator (MN) 1901–1917 | ||
Moses Edwin Clapp (May 21, 1851 – March 6, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician.
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 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.