Benjamin Hutchinson Clover (December 22, 1837 – December 30, 1899) was a

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from

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. Born near

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, Clover attended the common schools. He moved to Kansas in 1871 and settled in

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. He engaged in

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pursuits. He served as member of the board of school commissioners 1873-1888. He was twice president of the Kansas State Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union and twice vice president of the national organization of that order. Clover was elected as a

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to the

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(March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1892. He resumed agricultural pursuits. He returned to

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, where he committed suicide on December 30, 1899. He is interred in Douglass Cemetery.

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