{{Short description|American politician (1885–1960)}} {{Infobox officeholder |name=Cliff Clevenger |image=Cliff Clevenger 84th Congress 1955.jpg |state=Ohio |district=5th |term_start=January 3, 1939 |term_end=January 3, 1959 |preceded=Frank C. Kniffin |succeeded=Del Latta |party=Republican |birth_date={{birth date|1885|8|20}} |death_date={{death date and age|1960|12|13|1885|8|20}} |birth_place=Brown County, Nebraska, US |death_place=Tiffin, Ohio, US |resting_place=Oak Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Wisconsin, US }} '''Cliff Clevenger''' (August 20, 1885 – December 13, 1960) was a United States representative from Ohio. He served ten terms in Congress from 1939 to 1959.

==Biography == Cliff Clevenger was born on a ranch near Long Pine, Nebraska. He moved in 1895 with his parents to Lacona, Iowa, where he attended the public schools. He engaged in the mercantile business at Marengo, Iowa, 1901–1903 and at Appleton, Wisconsin, 1904–1914. He was also president of the Clevenger Stores, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1915–1926 and manager of the F. W. Uhlman Stores, Bryan, Ohio, 1927–1938.

===Congress === Clevenger was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1959). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1958. He died at his home in Tiffin, Ohio, in 1960.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19601214&id=vmYUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BwEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2272,390849&hl=en Cliff Clevenger Member of House for 20 years]</ref>

Clevenger voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42|title=HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.|work=GovTrack.us}}</ref>

===Death=== He died on December 13, 1960, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Wisconsin.

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