Clayton E.

Crafts
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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
'The National Cyclopedia of American Biography,' Volume II, James T. White
Company, New York City: 1892, Biographical Sketch of Clayton E. Crafts, pg. 159
'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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