Clifton Bailey Beach (September 16, 1845 – November 15, 1902) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a

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from

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from 1895 to 1899.

Biography

Born in

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, Beach moved to

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with his parents in 1857. He attended the common schools and was graduated from Western Reserve College in

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, known now as Case Western Reserve University, in 1871. He studied law. He was

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in 1872 and commenced practice in

. He served as deputy collector of customs at

. 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

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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

. He died at

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, November 15, 1902. He was interred in

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, Cleveland, Ohio.

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