{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Frank Clague | image = CLAQUE, FRANK. HONORABLE LCCN2016861032 (cropped).jpg | state = Minnesota | district = 2nd | term = March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933 | preceded = Franklin Ellsworth | succeeded = General Ticket Adopted | order2 = 27th | office2 = Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives | term2 = 1905-1907 | preceded2 = Leverett W. Babcock | succeeded2 = Lawrence H. Johnson | office3 = Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives | term3 = January 1, 1903 – January 1, 1907 | office4 = Member of the Minnesota Senate | term4 = January 1, 1907 – December 31, 1915 | birth_date = {{birth date |1865|7|13}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age |1952|3|25|1865|7|13}} | party = Republican | spouse = Stella Porter | alma_mater = | occupation = Attorney }} '''Frank Andrew Clague''' (July 13, 1865 – March 25, 1952) was a U.S. representative from Minnesota. He was born in Warrensville, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; attended the common schools; moved to Minnesota in 1881; attended the State normal school at Mankato 1882 – 1885; taught school at Springfield, Minnesota, 1886 – 1890; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1891 and commenced practice in Lamberton, Redwood County, Minnesota, the same year; prosecuting attorney of Redwood County, Minnesota, 1895 – 1903; member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from January 1, 1903, to January 1, 1907, serving as speaker in the 1905 session; served in the Minnesota Senate from January 1, 1907, to December 31, 1915; judge of the ninth judicial district of Minnesota from January 1, 1919, to March 1, 1920, when he resigned; elected as a Republican to the 67th, 68th, 69th, 70th, 71st, and 72nd congresses, (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933); was not a candidate for renomination in 1932; resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits until his retirement; died in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, March 25, 1952; interment in Redwood Falls Cemetery.
==References== *[http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11663 Minnesota Legislators Past and Present] {{CongBio|C000401}}
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