William Clay Cole

William Clay Cole

William Clay Cole (born August 29, 1897 in Fillmore , Andrew County , Missouri , †  September 23, 1965 in Saint Joseph , Missouri) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1955 he represented the state of Missouri twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Cole attended public schools in his home country. In 1916, he served with the Missouri National Guard on the Mexican border for ten months , where tension arose. During the First World War he was on duty for 14 months. After studying law at St. Joseph Law School and being admitted to the bar in 1928, he began to work in this profession in Saint Joseph. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1942 he was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives .

In the 1942 congressional elections , Cole was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Richard M. Duncan on January 3, 1943 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1949 . These were shaped by the events of the Second World War and its consequences. In 1948 and 1950, Cole competed unsuccessfully for his stay or his return to Congress.

In 1952 he was re-elected to the US House of Representatives in the sixth district of his state as the successor to Orland K. Armstrong , where he could spend another term between January 3, 1953 and January 3, 1955. This period was marked by the Korean War and the events of the civil rights movement . In 1954 he was not re-elected. Between 1955 and 1960, Cole was a member of the Veterans Affairs Appeals Committee in the state capital, Washington. He then practiced again as a lawyer in Saint Joseph, where he died on September 23, 1965.

Web links

• William Clay Cole in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Clay Cole in the database of Find a Grave (English)