Stephen Hugh Claycomb (August 11, 1847 – June 6, 1930) was a nineteenth-century politician and attorney from Missouri.
In 1873 he was admitted to the Jasper County, Missouri bar and practiced in Joplin.
Claycomb was among those considered in 1892 by the Missouri Democratic Party to run for governor, but William J.
[3][4] In 1910, Claycomb was ejected from his Baptist church in Joplin for advocating against Prohibition, arguing that the Bible supports drinking alcohol and that drinking coffee was more harmful than liquor.
[7] He married Sallie Elizabeth Hayden in 1874 in Nevada, Missouri.