Clippinger, Roy

Clippinger, Roy, a Representative from Illinois; born in Fairfield, Wayne County, Ill., January 13, 1886; attended the public schools; learned the printer’s trade and engaged in the newspaper business; publisher and editor since 1909; founder and president of the Board of Greater Weeklies, New York, N.Y.; president of the Carmi, Ill., Hospital Association 1945-1948; manager of the White County, Ill., Bridge Commission since 1941; engaged in the furniture business since 1947; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James V. Heidinger; reelected in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress and served from November 6, 1945, to January 3, 1949; was not a candidate for renomination in 1948; resumed his former business pursuits and is a resident of Carmi, Ill.