Background
Layton was born at Long Farm, near Frankford, Sussex County, Delaware, son of Samuel H. and Elizabeth Long Layton. His father was a farmer, who had served as Sheriff, Justice of the Peace and Clerk of the Court of Sussex County.
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Education
Caleb Layton attended Georgetown Academy and Amherst College in Massachusetts, graduating in 1873. Subsequently he attended the medical school at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and received his degree in 1876.
Career
Returning to Sussex County, Layton settled in Georgetown and began the practice of medicine. His first position in the political sphere was as the Secretary of the Republican County Committee, which he held from 1876 to 1888. He was Chairman of the Union (Addicks) Republican Party County Committee from 1896 to 1901 and also served as one of Delaware"s ten delegates to the Republican National Conventions in the years 1896, 1900 and 1904.
Meanwhile, from 1897 until 1905, he was editor of the Union Republican, a Georgetown newspaper.
Withdrawing completely from his medical practice, Layton was appointed Delaware Secretary of State in 1901, and served until 1905. Foreign the next four years he was appointed as an auditor for the United States. State Department in Washington, District of Columbia Layton was elected to the United States. House of Representatives in 1918, defeating incumbent Democratic United States. Representative Albert F. Polk.
During these terms, he served in the Republican majority in the 66th and 67th Congress. Seeking reelection in 1922, he lost to Democrat William H. Boyce, a retired judge from Georgetown.
Layton served two terms, from March 4, 1919 until March 3, 1923, during the administrations of United States. Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Warren G. Harding.
He was voted out of office due to his voting against the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill. Layton ultimately lost the election by 7000 votes, which was equal to the number of black voters who voted for his opponent in protest. Layton then resumed the practice of medicine in Georgetown, Delaware.
He died there and is buried in the Saint Paul’s Episcopal Churchyard at Georgetown.
Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. United States. Representatives took office March 4 and have a two-year term.
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Achievements
Membership
He was a member of the Republican Party, who served two terms as United States Representative from Delaware. From 1912 until 1918 he was a member of the Progressive Republican Party State committee.
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