William Lacy Clay Sr

(father of William Lacy Clay, Jr.), US Representative for Missouri's first district, for 32 years, he retired to see his son be elected to the same office. Born in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo., April 30, 1931; B.S., St. Louis University, 1953; real estate broker; manager, life insurance company, 1959-1961; alderman, St. Louis, Mo., 1959-1964; business representative, city employees union, 1961-1964; education coordinator, Steamfitters Local No. 562, 1966-1967; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1969-January 3, 2001); chairman, Committee on the Post Office and Civil Service (One Hundred Second and One Hundred Third Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Seventh Congress.