Clarence Lexow

Clarence Lexow (September 16, 1852 – December 31, 1910) was an American politician and member of the New York Senate from 1894 to 1898.

Lexow studied abroad and at the Columbia Law School, where he graduated in 1872. He was admitted to the bar and established his practice in New York City, where he had many German-American clients. In 1880 Clarence was living in Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York with his parents, and he was already a lawyer. Rudolph Lexow his father was working as an editor. Clarence and Charles also appear as living in Manhattan in the Benedict Building at 79 Washington Place in New York City.

In 1882, Lexow became a resident of Nyack and was active in the Republican Party there. In 1890, he was an unsuccessful nominee for Congress. Though Lexow was unsuccessful, the majority for the Democratic victor was lower than had been usual. His daughter Caroline Lexow Babcock was a prominent suffragist and pacifist.

Works Lexow is the author of reports on: Municipal Government (5 vols., 1895) Trusts and Unlawful Combinations (1895)