Clyde Howard Tavenner

Clyde Howard Tavenner ( born February 4, 1882 in Cordova, rock Iceland County, Illinois, † February 6, 1942 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1917 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Clyde Tavenner attended the common schools and then completed an apprenticeship in the printing trade. He then began a career in journalism. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In the years 1910 and 1912 he headed the public relations department of the Democratic Congress Committee ( Director of Publicity for the Democratic National Congressional Committee ).

In the congressional elections of 1912 Tavenner in the 14th electoral district of Illinois was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of the Republican James McKinney on March 4, 1913. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1917 two legislative sessions. Since 1915, he headed the committee to control expenditure of the Federal Post Office Department. During his time in Congress were ratified in 1913, the 16th and the 17th Amendment. In 1916 he was not re-elected.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Clyde Tavenner worked as a journalist. He founded the monthly magazine Philippine Republic. He also worked as a publisher. In 1931 and 1932 he toured as a member of a commission of the then American Philippines, Europe, Middle and Far East. In 1939, he worked as an analyst for the Rules Committee of the House of Representatives. Clyde Tavenner died on February 6, 1942 in the federal capital, Washington and was buried at the local cemetery Congress.