Facts: - preceded: charles a. towne william j. hahn - term: january , 1917 23 , 1901 & ndash ; march 4 - party: republican - death date: 6 march 1929 - office: 8th minnesota attorney general - term end: 1893 - succeeded: frank b. kellogg henry w. childs - term start: 1887 - birth date: 21 may 1851 - name: moses edwin clapp - nationality: american - birth place: delphi , indiana - alma mater: university of wisconsin & ndash ; madison Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of moses e. clapp .
moses edwin clapp -lrb- may 21 , 1851march 6 , 1929 -rrb- was an american lawyer and politician .born in delphi , indiana , clapp moved with his parents to hudson , wisconsin .he went to university of wisconsin law school and practiced law in hudson , wisconsin .he was district attorney for st. croix county , wisconsin .he then moved to fergus falls , minnesota where he practiced law .he served as the minnesota attorney general from 1887 until 1893 .in 1900 , he entered the special election for minnesota 's seat in the united states senate that was made vacant by the death of cushman davis .he won that election , and was later reelected in 1904 and 1910 for two additional terms .he served in the senate from january 23 , 1901 to march 4 , 1917 , a term that spanned the 57th , 58th , 59th , 60th , 61st , 62nd , 63rd , and 64th congresses .he was not renominated by the party in 1916 .clapp , along with hiram f. stevens , ambrose tighe , thomas d. o'brien , and clarence halbert , was also a co-founder of william mitchell college of law .