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A native of Alvin, Illinois , Gaumer was born March 14, 1870. He was first elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1904.[2] Gaumer was reelected in 1906. In 1907, he introduced a constitutional amendment to create a statewide ban on alcohol consumption.[3] He lost reelection in 1908.
Gaumer would run for office on behalf of the Prohibition Party on a number of occasions after his time in the Illinois House of Representatives . He was the party's nominee for Illinois's at-large congressional district in 1934 general election ; its nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1920 general election and 1936 general election ; its nominee for Illinois Treasurer in the 1938 general election , its gubernatorial nominee in the 1940 general election ; its nominee for Illinois State Superintendent in the 1942 election ; and in the 1944 general election as one of its nominees for a seat on the University of Illinois Board of Trustees . He also attempted to get on the ballot as the party's nominee for United States Senate in the 1932 general election .[4] Gaumer died May 20, 1952, in Danville, Illinois .[5]
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^ Buenker, John D. (1969). "The Illinois Legislature and Prohibition, 1907-1919" . Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society . 62 (4 ). Illinois State Historical Society: 363–384. JSTOR 40190889 .
^ "Canvass Churches Today for Dry Petition Signers". Chicago Daily Tribune . September 18, 1932. p. 6 – via ProQuest .
^ "Clay Gaumer" (PDF) . The News-Sentinel . May 21, 1952. Retrieved August 21, 2022 .
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