Clayton E. Crafts

Clayton Edward Crafts (July 8, 1848 – August 26, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician.

Born in Auburn Township, Geauga County, Ohio, Crafts went to Hiram College and the Union College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio. He practiced law in Cleveland, Ohio and Watkins Glen, New York and then in 1869, moved to Chicago, Illinois where he continue to practice law. Crafts was involved with the Democratic Party. From 1887 to 1897 and from 1901 to 1904, Crafts served in the Illinois House of Representatives and was speaker of the house.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ↑ 'The National Cyclopedia of American Biography,' Volume II, James T. Whie Company, New York City: 1892, Biographical Sketch of Clayton E. Crafts, pg. 159
  2. ↑ 'Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Illinois State Bar Association Forty-Fifth Meeting at Dixon, Illinois, June 9, 10, 11, 1921, R. Allen Stephens-editor, Interstate Printing Company, Danville, Illinois: 1921, Biographical Sketch of Clayton Edward Crafts, pg. 88
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