Roy Clippinger

Roy Clippinger (January 13, 1886 December 24, 1962) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Fairfield, Illinois, Clippinger attended the public schools. Learned the printer's trade and engaged in the newspaper business. He was publisher and editor 19091961. Founder and president of the Board of Greater Weeklies, New York City. He served as president of the Carmi, Illinois, Hospital Association 19451948. Manager of the White County, Illinois, Bridge Commission 19411961. He engaged in the furniture business 19471950.

Clippinger was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James V. Heidinger. He was reelected in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress and served from November 6, 1945, to January 3, 1949. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1948. He resumed his former business pursuits. He was a resident of Carmi, Illinois, where he died on December 24, 1962. He was interred in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, McLeansboro, Illinois.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
James V. Heidinger
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 24th congressional district

November 6, 1945 - January 3, 1949
Succeeded by
Charles W. Vursell
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