Clayton R. Lusk
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Clayton R. Lusk (died 1959) was an American lawyer and politician best known for investigating individuals and groups in New York State suspected of sedition.
A Republican from Cortland County, Lusk was elected to the New York State Senate. He chaired that state's Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities, which consisted of four senators and five assemblymen and was known popularly as the "Lusk Committee."
Lusk was acting governor of New York State in 1922. A stadium at the State University of New York at Cortland is named in his honor.
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Clayton R. Lusk, legislator, dies: Former Republican leader of State Senate acted as Governor in 1922. New York Times Feb 15, 1959, p. 85.
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