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  Williams, Clyde
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NameClyde Williams
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Hillsboro, Missouri , United States
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Born October 13, 1873
Died November 12, 1954 (81 years)
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InfoWILLIAMS, Clyde, a Representative from Missouri; born on a farm near Grubville, Jefferson County, Mo., October 13, 1873; attended the county schools, De Soto High School, and the State normal school at Cape Girardeau; was graduated from the law department of the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1901; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in De Soto, Mo.; prosecuting attorney of Jefferson County 1902-1908; elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth Congress (March 4, 1927-March 3, 1929); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress; resumed the practice of law; elected to the Seventy-second and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1943); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress; engaged in legal work for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in Washington, D.C., 1943-1945; served as president of the Jefferson Trust Co. in Hillsboro and president of the Bank of Hillsboro; died in St. Louis, Mo., November 12, 1954; interment in Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Mo.

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  11/03/1942 MO District 8 Lost 48.46% (-3.07%)
  08/04/1942 MO District 8 - D Primary Won 67.97% (+35.93%)
  11/05/1940 MO District 8 Won 51.07% (+2.14%)
  08/06/1940 MO District 8 - D Primary Won 77.88% (+55.76%)
  11/08/1938 MO District 8 Won 55.28% (+10.59%)
  11/03/1936 MO District 8 Won 56.63% (+13.40%)
  08/04/1936 MO District 8 - D Primary Won 62.99% (+25.97%)
  11/06/1934 MO District 8 Won 54.35% (+8.71%)
  08/07/1934 MO District 8 - D Primary Won 67.06% (+34.11%)
  11/08/1932 MO At-Large Won 4.82% (-0.07%)
  08/02/1932 MO At-Large - D Primary Won 3.40% (-2.18%)
  11/04/1930 MO District 13 Won 53.13% (+6.26%)
  11/06/1928 MO District 13 Lost 49.43% (-1.15%)
  11/02/1926 MO District 13 Won 50.56% (+1.24%)
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