Joseph Dorr Clapp

Joseph Dorr Clapp (December 31, 1811 – October 27, 1900) was an American banker, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served two years in the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Jefferson County. In contemporaneous documents he was frequently referred to as J. D. Clapp.

J. D. Clapp
Portrait from The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin (1879)
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 23rd district
In office
January 5, 1863 – January 2, 1865
Preceded byEdwin Montgomery
Succeeded byS. W. Budlong
Personal details
Born(1811-12-31)December 31, 1811
Westminster, Vermont, U.S.
DiedOctober 27, 1900(1900-10-27) (aged 88)
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting placeLakeview Cemetery, Fort Atkinson
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
  • Zida Ann May
    ​
    (died 1868)​
  • Samaria C. Clapp (died 1919)
Children
  • Ida May (Scott)
  • (b. 1855; died 1903)
RelativesMark R. Clapp (brother)
Occupationbanker

Biography

J. D. Clapp was born in Westminster, Vermont, on New Year's Eve 1811.[1] He moved to Milford, Wisconsin Territory, in 1839 and was a farmer.

In 1859, he started the Koshkonong Bank in partnership with Lucien B. Caswell. The bank later merged into the First National Bank, and Clapp served as president of the merged bank until his death in 1900.[2] He served in the Wisconsin State Senate for the 1862 and 1863 sessions. His brother was Mark R. Clapp who served in the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature.[3][4]

Clapp died in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.[2]

References
  1. The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Western Historical Company. 1879. p. 689. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  2. "Joseph Dorr Clapp". The Watertown News. October 31, 1900. p. 4. Retrieved November 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 'Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin at the Forty-eight session, December 11, 1900, Biographical Sketch of Joseph Dorr Clapp, pg. 95
  4. 'The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-made Men,' Wisconsin volume, volume 1, Western Historical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois: 1879, Biographical Sketch of Joseph Dorr Clapp, pp. 226–227


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