Harry C. Canfield
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Harry C. Canfield
| image = HarryCCanfield.jpg
| birthname = Harry Clifford Canfield
| caption =
| state = Indiana
| district = 4th
| term_start = March 4, 1923
| term_end = March 3, 1933
| predecessor = John S. Benham
| successor = James I. Farley
| birth_date = {{birth date|1875|11|22}}
| birth_place = Moores Hill, Indiana
| death_date = {{death date and age|1945|2|9|1875|11|22}}
| death_place = Batesville, Indiana
| resting_place = First Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
| party = Democratic
}}
Harry Clifford Canfield (November 22, 1875 – February 9, 1945) was an American educator, businessman, and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1923 to 1933.
Early life and career
Born near Moores Hill, Indiana, Canfield attended the public schools, Moores Hill College, Central Normal College, Danville, Indiana, and Vorhies Business College, Indianapolis, Indiana. He taught school in Dearborn County 1896-1898.
He moved to Batesville, Ripley County, in 1899 and engaged in the manufacture of furniture. He was also interested in the jobbing of furniture, and in farming and banking.
=Congress =
Canfield was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932.
=Later career and death =
He resumed the furniture manufacturing business in Batesville, Indiana, where he died February 9, 1945.
He was interred in the First Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Harry C. Canfield}}
- {{find a Grave|6914166}}
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Category:People from Batesville, Indiana
Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
Category:People from Dearborn County, Indiana
Category:People from Danville, Indiana
Category:Educators from Indiana
Category:Businesspeople from Indiana
Category:20th-century American businesspeople
Category:Furniture manufacturers
Category:20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives