Background
Clough, Raphael Floyd was born on May 10, 1886 in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, United States. Son of Fred and Sophia (Pancoast) Clough.
Clough, Raphael Floyd was born on May 10, 1886 in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, United States. Son of Fred and Sophia (Pancoast) Clough.
Student Iowa State Teachers College, 1907. Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Iowa, 1911, Bachelor of Laws, 1913, Juris Doctor, 1925.
Admitted to Iowa bar, 1913, since practiced.
Member legal staff Foreign Economics Administration, Washington, 1943-1944. Member board directors. Mason City Indiana School District, 1945-1951.
Republican alternate delegate National convention, Kansas City, Missoury, 1928, delegate, Chicago, 1932, presidential elector at large, 1940, past chairman Cerro Gordo Company central committee. Member American, Iowa (governor, president), Cerro Gordo Company (past president), 12th Judicial District (past president) Bar Associations, Phi Alpha Delta. Mason, Elks (past exalted ruler).
Clubs: Country, Euchre and Cycle.
Married Ruth Ellison, June 15, 1916. Children: Barbara (Mistress Robert R. Spargo), Ray Ellison.