American politician
Clifton Bailey Beach (September 16, 1845 – November 15, 1902) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1895 to 1899.
Biography
Born in Sharon Township, Medina County, Ohio , Beach moved to Cleveland with his parents in 1857.
He attended the common schools and was graduated from Western Reserve College in Hudson, Ohio , known now as Case Western Reserve University , in 1871.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice in Cleveland .
He served as deputy collector of customs at Cleveland .
He retired from the practice of law in 1884 and engaged in the manufacture of wire nails, staples, and rods.
Beach was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1898.
He resumed his former manufacturing pursuits in Cleveland .
He died at Rocky River, Ohio , November 15, 1902.
He was interred in Lake View Cemetery , Cleveland, Ohio .
Sources
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress