Clyde Williams (Missouri politician)

Clyde Williams (October 13, 1873 – November 12, 1954) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Clyde Williams
The Democrat-News (Fredericktown, Missouri), July 25, 1940
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 8th district
In office
March 4, 1933 – March 3, 1943
Preceded byWilliam L. Nelson
Succeeded byWilliam P. Elmer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 13th district
In office
March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933
Preceded byCharles E. Kiefner
Succeeded byDistrict inactive
In office
March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929
Preceded byCharles E. Kiefner
Succeeded byCharles E. Kiefner
Personal details
Born(1873-10-13)October 13, 1873
near Grubville, Missouri, U.S.
DiedNovember 12, 1954(1954-11-12) (aged 81)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Resting placeHillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Missouri, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materUniversity of Missouri School of Law
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer

Born on a farm near Grubville, Missouri, Williams attended the county schools, De Soto High School, and the State normal school at Cape Girardeau. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Missouri in 1901. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in De Soto, Missouri. He served as prosecuting attorney of Jefferson County in 1902–1908.

Williams was elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth Congress (March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress. He resumed the practice of law.

Williams was elected to the Seventy-second and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1943). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress. He engaged in legal work for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in Washington, D.C. from 1943 to 1945. He served as president of the Jefferson Trust Co. in Hillsboro and president of the Bank of Hillsboro. He died in St. Louis, Missouri, November 12, 1954. He was interred in Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Missouri.

References

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  • United States Congress. "Clyde Williams (id: W000494)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 13th congressional district

1927–1929
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 13th congressional district

1931–1933
Succeeded by
District inactive
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 8th congressional district

1933–1943
Succeeded by