Clyde Williams (Missouri politician)

American politician (1873–1954)

For other people with the same name, see Clyde Williams (disambiguation).

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 by| William L. Nelson
Succeeded by| William P. Elmer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 13th district
In office
March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933
Preceded by| Charles E. Kiefner
Succeeded by| District inactive
In office
March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929
Preceded by| Charles E. Kiefner
Succeeded by| Charles E. Kiefner
Personal details
Born| (1873-10-13)October 13, 1873
near Grubville, Missouri, U.S.
Died| November 12, 1954(1954-11-12) (aged 81)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Resting place| Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Missouri, U.S.
Political party| Democratic
Alma mater| University of Missouri School of Law
Profession| Politician, lawyer

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

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

Charles E. Kiefner

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

Charles E. Kiefner

Preceded by

Charles E. Kiefner

|  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 13th congressional district
1931–1933  | Succeeded by

District inactive

Preceded by

William L. Nelson

|  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 8th congressional district
1933–1943  | Succeeded by

William P. Elmer

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