Alfred Morrison Lay

Alfred Morrison Lay (born May 20, 1836 in Lewis County , Missouri , †  December 8, 1879 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . In 1879 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1842, Alfred Lay moved to Benton County with his parents . He attended private schools and then studied until 1856 at Bethany College in what would later become West Virginia . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1857, he began working in this profession in Jefferson City . Until 1861 he was a federal attorney for western Missouri. During the civil war , Lay served in the Confederation Army , where he made it to the rank of captain. After the war, he continued his legal practice in Jefferson City.

Politically, Lay was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1875 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Missouri Constitution. In the congressional elections of 1878 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the seventh constituency of his state, where he succeeded Thomas Theodore Crittenden on March 4, 1879 . He was able to exercise this mandate until his death in the federal capital on December 8, 1879. He was buried in Jefferson City.

Web links

• Alfred Morrison Lay in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Alfred Morrison Lay in the database of Find a Grave (English)