Clarence D. Van Duzer

Clarence Dunn Van Duzer ( born May 4, 1864 in Idaho City, Idaho; † September 28, 1947 in Passaic, New Jersey ) was an American politician. Between 1903 and 1907 he represented the state of Nevada in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and career

Clarence Van Duzer attended both public and private schools in Nevada and California. He then studied at the University of California at Berkeley and to 1889 at the University of Nevada in Reno. After a subsequent law degree from the Georgetown University in Washington DC he was admitted to the bar in 1893.

Between 1892 and 1897 Van Duzer (State land agent) worked in Washington for the State of Nevada as land managers. He also spent five years as private secretary to the later U.S. Senator and Congressman Francis G. Newlands. In 1898 he was district attorney in Humboldt County, Nevada. At that time, he joined in the mining business.

Political career

Van Duzer was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1900 and 1902 he was a deputy in the Nevada Assembly and its President. After the congressional elections of 1902 he moved to his party in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he was changing in the Senate Francis Newlands replaced on March 4, 1903. After a re-election in 1904, Van Duzer could implement his mandate in Congress until March 3, 1907. In 1906, he did not stand for another term.

Further CV

After the end of his time in the federal capital is Clarence Van Duzer again devoted his business interests and in this case especially the mining industry in Nevada. In 1922 he moved to Passaic in New Jersey. There he became involved in the newspaper business, where he is also deceased in 1947.