History of Lafayette County Missouri United States of America

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Biographical Sketch of Stephen Hugh Claycomb

Stephen Hugh Claycomb, lawyer, was born in Lafayette county, Mo., Aug. 11, 1847; son of George W. and Elizabeth J. (Winning) Claycomb. The first fifteen years of his life were spent on a farm, after which his parents removed to Cambridge, Mo., to give him better educational advantages. He attended one term at the University of Illinois and part of one session at the University of Michigan. In 1866 he entered the law school of the University of Virginia from which he was graduated in 1868. He located at Nevada, Vernon county, Mo., where he began the practice of law but soon migrated to the lead and zinc fields of Jasper county, Mo., where his mining ventures were successful. In 1874 he formed a copartnership with Judge W. B. McAntire and returned to the practice of the law. In 1884 he was elected to the legislature by the Democratic party and two years later to the state senate for a term of four years, but he resigned in 1888 to accept the Democratic nomination for lieutenant-governor, to which office he was elected. His term expired in January, 1893.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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