Clifford E. Randall

Clifford Ellsworth Randall ( born December 25, 1876 in Troy Center, Walworth County, Wisconsin, † October 16, 1934 in Kenosha, Wisconsin ) was an American politician. Between 1919 and 1921 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Clifford Randall attended the common schools including High School in East Troy, which he completed in 1894. Until 1901 he attended then the Whitewater Normal School. After that, he taught for several years in different cities of Wisconsin as a teacher. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and its made ​​in 1906 admitted to the bar he began in Kenosha to work in his new profession. There he worked 1909-1917 as municipal judge.

Politically, Randall member of the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1918, he was the first electoral district of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded Henry A. Cooper took on 4 March 1919 that he had beaten in the primaries. Since he lost already at the next elections against Cooper, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1921. During this time, women's suffrage was introduced nationwide with the 19th Amendment.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Clifford Randall again worked as a lawyer. Between 1921 and 1930 he was city attorney for the city of Kenosha. After that, he was once again working as a lawyer. He died on October 16, 1934 in Kenosha, where he was also buried.