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May, Clarke W. (1869-1908)
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Men of West Virginia, Volume II
Biographical Publishing Company
George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas.
Chicago, Illinois, 1903

Pages 711-712

HON. C. W. MAY, President of the State Senate, and a prominent
member of the bar of Hamlin, Lincoln County, West Virginia, was
born in Lincoln County, July 14, 1869. He is a son of Jacob and
Annie (Huff) May, both of whom are natives of Virginia.

The education of our subject was begun in the common schools of
Lincoln County. After completing the course, he taught school for
seven years, and then entered the University of West Virginia, from
which he was graduated in 1894. In 1895 he began the practice of
law and in the following year was elected prosecuting attorney of
Lincoln County, a position which he most efficiently filled for a
period of four years.

Mr. May has always been an ardent supporter of the principles of
the Republican party, and in 1900 that party elected him State
Senator and returned him to the Senate in 1902. His executive
ability, good judgment and impartial methods made him the
successful candidate for President of the Senate in the session of
1903, a position he has filled with the dignity becoming to it.

Mr. May is a member of Hamlin Lodge, No. 4, A. F. & A. M.; Hamlin
Lodge, I. 0. 0. F.; and Hamlin Lodge, No. 161, A. O. U. W.

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Tombstone is in Fairview Memorial Gardens, Hamlin, Lincoln Co., WV
    Clarke W. May
    July 14, 1869
    Apr. 25, 1908
    
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