Clyde Short
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Clyde Lorraine Short
| image =
| order =
| office = Chairman of the Kansas State Democratic Party
| term_start = 1934
| term_end = 1936
| governor = Alf Landon
| predecessor = Guy T. Helvering
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1883|01|30}}
| birth_place = Rochester, Indiana
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1936|02|27|1883|01|30}}
| death_place = Concordia, Kansas
| death_cause = Pneumonia
| party = Kansas Democratic Party
| occupation = Attorney
}}
Clyde Lorraine Short (January 30, 1883 – February 27, 1936) was a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Kansas, best known as a former two-time candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Kansas Democratic Party from 1934 to 1936.
Biography
Short was born in Rochester, Indiana{{cite news|title=Clyde Short, Democratic Leader in Kansas, Dead|last=staff|date=February 28, 1936|work=The Chicago Tribune|page=18}} in 1883. He grew up in Concordia, Kansas, where, as a youth, he became known for his public speaking skill.{{cite news|title=Alumni Banquet|last=staff|date=May 27, 1905|work=Concordia Daily Kansan|page=1}} Upon graduation, he read law in the offices of Pulsiver and Alexander, passed the bar in 1916,{{cite news|title=Clyde Short Dies|last=staff|date=February 29, 1936|work=The Frankfort Index|publisher=The Associated Press}} and was eventually elected Concordia City Attorney.{{cite news|title=Clyde Short The Logical Man|last=staff|date=October 23, 1930|work=The Marysville Advocate|page=2}} He was a Democratic candidate for the U. S. House of Representatives for Kansas, in 1930, against incumbent James G. Strong,{{cite news|title=The Medicine Wagon|last=Davies|first=Gomer|date=October 31, 1930|work=The Frankfort Index|page=2}} who narrowly defeated Short in a close race.{{cite news|title=Election is Closest in Many Years|last=staff|date=November 6, 1930|work=Minneapolis Messenger}} He ran again in 1932, and was defeated in the Democratic primary by Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy, who would go on to become the first female U. S. Representative from Kansas.{{cite news|title=Clyde Short is Taken in Death|last=staff|date=February 28, 1936|work=The Morning Chronicle|page=3}} Despite these setbacks, he remained active in the Democratic party, and was elected Party Chairman in 1934,{{cite news|title=Clyde L. Short New Chairman of Democrats|last=staff|date=August 28, 1934|work=The Iola Daily Register}}{{cite news|title=Good Attendance for Celebration at Pawnee Park|last=staff|date=October 4, 1934|work=The Belleville Telescope|page=1}} directing the effort to unseat incumbent Governor Alf Landon.{{cite news|title=Clyde Short Sums Up in Case Against Governor|last=staff|date=November 1, 1934|work=The Marysville Advocate}} Although Landon won re-election, Short presided over two first-time Democratic victories in Kansas, the offices of State Auditor and State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Short died in 1936, of pneumonia. His brother was American baseball player Harry Short.
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Category:American lawyers admitted to the practice of law by reading law
Category:People from Concordia, Kansas
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