Clyde Williams

Clyde Williams (born October 13, 1873 in Grubville , Jefferson County , Missouri , †  November 12, 1954 in St. Louis , Missouri) was an American politician . Between 1929 and 1943 he represented the state of Missouri twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Clyde Williams attended his homeland public schools, De Soto High School and State Normal School at Cape Girardeau . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Missouri at Columbia and his admission to the bar in 1901, he began to work in De Soto in this profession. Between 1902 and 1908, Williams served as the Jefferson County prosecutor. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1926 congressional election , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 13th  constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Charles Edward Kiefner on March 4, 1927 . Since he was not confirmed in 1928, he was initially only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1929 . After that he practiced as a lawyer again.

In the elections of 1930 Williams was re-elected to Congress in the 13th district of his state, where he replaced Kiefner on March 3, 1931. After five re-elections, he was able to spend six more terms in the US House of Representatives until January 3, 1943. Since 1933 he represented the eighth district of Missouri there as the successor to William L. Nelson . During his time in Congress between 1933 and 1941, many of the New Deal laws of the federal government were passed there under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In 1933 the 20th and 21st amendments were ratified. Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of World War II .

In 1942 Williams was defeated by Republican William P. Elmer . Between 1943 and 1945 he worked as a lawyer for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in the federal capital Washington. Williams also became president of the Jefferson Trust Co. and the Bank of Hillsboro . He died on November 12, 1954 in St. Louis.

Web links

• Clyde Williams in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Clyde Williams in the database of Find a Grave (English)