Roy Clippinger

Roy Clippinger was a United [States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative] from Illinois.
Born in Fairfield, Illinois, Clippinger attended the public schools.
Learned the printer's trade and engaged in the newspaper business.
He was publisher and editor 1909-1961.
Founder and president of the Board of Greater Weeklies, New York City.
He served as president of the Carmi, Illinois, Hospital Association 1945-1948.
Manager of the White County, Illinois, Bridge Commission 1941-1961.
He engaged in the furniture business 1947-1950.
Clippinger was elected as a Republican to the 79th [United States Congress|Seventy-ninth] Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James V. Heidinger.
He was reelected in 1946 to the 80th [United States Congress|Eightieth] Congress and served from November 6, 1945, to January 3, 1949.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1948.
He resumed his former business pursuits.
He was a resident of Carmi, Illinois, where he died on December 24, 1962.
He was interred in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, McLeansboro, Illinois.