Harold K. Claypool

Harold Kile Claypool (June 2, 1886 – August 2, 1958) was a 19th-century American businessman and politician who for three terms was a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1937 to 1943.

He was the son of Horatio Clifford Claypool and cousin of John B. Peterson.

Biography Born in Bainbridge, Ross County, Ohio, Claypool attended the public schools and Ohio State University at Columbus. He engaged in the publishing business at Columbus, Ohio, and published Hunter and Trader Magazine. He was deputy probate judge of Ross County, Ohio.

Congress Claypool was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943).

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress.

Later career He resumed the publishing and office supply business. He served as United States marshal for the southern district of Ohio from 1944 to 1953.

Death and burial Claypool died in Chillicothe, Ohio, on August 2, 1958. He was interred in Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA.