Career
Claypool ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1921 Alberta general election. He ran as a United Farmers candidate in the electoral district of Didsbury. Claypool ran for a second term in the 1926 Alberta general election.
The race was contested by three candidates.
The 1930 Alberta general election would see Claypool stand for his third term. He ran in a two way race against Independent West.A. Austin and beat him by less than 300 votes to hold his seat.
Claypool ran for a fourth term in the 1935 Alberta general election but was defeated in the four way race finishing a distant second place to Social Cr candidate Edward Foster. Claypool made a bid to run for a seat to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1940 federal election.
He ran in a five way race as a Liberal candidate but was defeated finishing a close second to incumbent Charles Johnston.
Claypool died in an automobile crash near his hometown of Muncie, Indiana in 1956.