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Clay</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Wm_Lacy_Clay,_official_portrait,_116th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Official portrait, 2019" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Wm_Lacy_Clay%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg/220px-Wm_Lacy_Clay%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Wm_Lacy_Clay%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg/330px-Wm_Lacy_Clay%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Wm_Lacy_Clay%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg/440px-Wm_Lacy_Clay%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Missouri01 !"><a href="/wiki/Missouri%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Missouri's 1st congressional district">1st</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Clay" title="Bill Clay">Bill Clay</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cori_Bush" title="Cori Bush">Cori Bush</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Senate" title="Missouri Senate">Missouri Senate</a></span><br />from the 4th district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />September 1991 – January 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Bass_(politician)" title="John Bass (politician)">John Bass</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Dougherty" title="Pat Dougherty">Pat Dougherty</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_House_of_Representatives" title="Missouri House of Representatives">Missouri House of Representatives</a></span><br />from the 59th district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 1983 – September 1991</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Nat Rivers</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Frank Williamson</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">William Lacy Clay Jr.</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1956-07-27</span>) </span>July 27, 1956<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 68)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Ivie Lewellen</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1992; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 2011)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Pat Goncalves</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2015)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Clay" title="Bill Clay">Bill Clay</a> (father)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park" title="University of Maryland, College Park">University of Maryland, College Park</a> (<a 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Rep._Lacy_Clay_Speaks_in_Support_of_the_African_American_Civil_Rights_Network_Act_of_2017.ogg" title="File:Rep. Lacy Clay Speaks in Support of the African American Civil Rights Network Act of 2017.ogg">Lacy Clay's voice</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="259" data-mwtitle="Rep._Lacy_Clay_Speaks_in_Support_of_the_African_American_Civil_Rights_Network_Act_of_2017.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Rep._Lacy_Clay_Speaks_in_Support_of_the_African_American_Civil_Rights_Network_Act_of_2017.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/Rep._Lacy_Clay_Speaks_in_Support_of_the_African_American_Civil_Rights_Network_Act_of_2017.ogg/Rep._Lacy_Clay_Speaks_in_Support_of_the_African_American_Civil_Rights_Network_Act_of_2017.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Lacy Clay voices his support for the African American Civil Rights Network Act of 2017<br />Recorded July 26, 2017</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Lacy Clay Jr.</b> (born July 27, 1956) is an American politician who served as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. representative</a> from <span data-sort-value="Missouri01 !"><a href="/wiki/Missouri%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Missouri's 1st congressional district">Missouri's 1st congressional district</a></span> from 2001 to 2021. His congressional career ended after he lost in a <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Missouri" title="2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri">Democratic primary</a> to <a href="/wiki/Cori_Bush" title="Cori Bush">Cori Bush</a> in 2020, after successfully defeating her in the 2018 primary. </p><p>The district Clay represented is based in the city of <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a> and includes most of northern <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_County,_Missouri" title="St. Louis County, Missouri">St. Louis County</a> (North County), including the cities of <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Heights,_Missouri" title="Maryland Heights, Missouri">Maryland Heights</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_City,_Missouri" title="University City, Missouri">University City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ferguson,_Missouri" title="Ferguson, Missouri">Ferguson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Florissant,_Missouri" title="Florissant, Missouri">Florissant</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lacy_Clay&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>William Lacy Clay Jr. was born in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis, Missouri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His family moved to <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, when his father, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clay" title="Bill Clay">Bill Clay</a>, was elected to Congress. His mother was Carol Ann (nee Johnson).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his teenage years, Clay attended public schools in <a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring, Maryland</a>, and graduated from <a href="/wiki/Springbrook_High_School" title="Springbrook High School">Springbrook High School</a> in 1974. He subsequently attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park" title="University of Maryland, College Park">University of Maryland, College Park</a>, earning a degree in political science and a <a href="/wiki/Paralegal" title="Paralegal">paralegal</a> certificate. Clay is a member of <a href="/wiki/Kappa_Alpha_Psi" title="Kappa Alpha Psi">Kappa Alpha Psi</a> fraternity. He attended <a href="/wiki/Howard_University_School_of_Law" title="Howard University School of Law">Howard University School of Law</a>, worked as an Assistant <a href="/wiki/Doorkeeper_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives">Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives</a>, and worked on his father's Congressional campaigns.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Missouri_Legislature">Missouri Legislature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lacy_Clay&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Missouri Legislature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Clay entered the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_House_of_Representatives" title="Missouri House of Representatives">Missouri House of Representatives</a> in 1983, winning a special election to complete the term of Nathaniel J. "Nat" Rivers.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1991, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Senate" title="Missouri Senate">Missouri Senate</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lacy_Clay&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2000, Bill Clay announced his retirement after 32 years in Congress. His son, Lacy Clay, faced a three-way Democratic primary to succeed his father. Clay Jr. prevailed with 62% of the vote. He breezed to victory in the general election. He was reelected nine times, winning Democratic primaries by an average margin of 30 points. In ten general elections, Clay Jr. has received an average of 73.5% of the general election vote.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>For his first six terms, Clay represented the northern two-thirds of St. Louis, while the southern third was in <a href="/wiki/Missouri%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Missouri's 3rd congressional district">Missouri's 3rd congressional district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Russ_Carnahan" title="Russ Carnahan">Russ Carnahan</a>. After Missouri lost a congressional district as a result of the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 United States Census">2010 census</a>, the final map resulted in the 3rd district being eliminated and the 1st district absorbing all of St. Louis,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a decision in which then-<a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Claire_McCaskill" title="Claire McCaskill">Claire McCaskill</a> said Clay was involved for his self-interest.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clay beat Carnahan in the August 7, 2012, primary, 63% to 34%.<sup id="cite_ref-primary_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primary-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-results_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Missouri#District_1" title="2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri">2018</a> Democratic primary, he defeated <a href="/wiki/Cori_Bush" title="Cori Bush">Cori Bush</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Justice_Democrat" class="mw-redirect" title="Justice Democrat">Justice Democrat</a>, and two other challengers with 56.7% of the vote. In the general election, Clay beat Republican Robert Vroman with 80% of the vote. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Missouri#District_1" title="2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri">2020</a> Democratic primary, he lost to Bush, with 45% of the vote to her 48%.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lacy_Clay&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services" title="United States House Committee on Financial Services">Committee on Financial Services</a></b> <ul><li>Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance (Chairman)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Oversight_and_Reform" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform">United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform</a></b> <ul><li>United States House Natural Resources Committee</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caucus_memberships">Caucus memberships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lacy_Clay&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Caucus memberships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus" title="Congressional Black Caucus">Congressional Black Caucus</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Progressive_Caucus" title="Congressional Progressive Caucus">Congressional Progressive Caucus</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congressional_International_Conservation_Caucus" title="United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus">United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Arts_Caucus" title="Congressional Arts Caucus">Congressional Arts Caucus</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Capitol_painting">Capitol painting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lacy_Clay&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Capitol painting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2017, Clay argued with Republican lawmakers over the right to hang a controversial painting in the Capitol building. The winner of an art competition, the painting represents the violent <a href="/wiki/Ferguson_unrest" title="Ferguson unrest">Ferguson unrest</a> of 2014 and ensuing police-community relations in Ferguson, Missouri, depicting police officers as pigs while apprehending suspects. The painting is displayed near the police security checkpoint. Representative <a href="/wiki/Duncan_D._Hunter" title="Duncan D. Hunter">Duncan Hunter</a> removed the painting and Clay rehung it. Several Republicans, including <a href="/wiki/Doug_Lamborn" title="Doug Lamborn">Doug Lamborn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dana_Rohrabacher" title="Dana Rohrabacher">Dana Rohrabacher</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Babin" title="Brian Babin">Brian Babin</a>, repeatedly removed the painting, and Clay rehung it each time. Clay then attempted to file a complaint with the Capitol Police accusing Hunter of theft.<sup id="cite_ref-painting1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-painting1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/Architect_of_the_Capitol" title="Architect of the Capitol">Architect of the Capitol</a> ruled that the winning painting had violated the rules of the competition and ordered its permanent removal, Clay sued to overturn the decision, but the suit was dismissed by a federal judge. Clay continued to assert a First Amendment argument on behalf of his young constituent, asking, "How is it possible that we stand for freedom of speech and freedom of expression every place across this country, except the U.S. Capitol?"<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_legislation_to_curb_gun_violence">Federal legislation to curb gun violence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lacy_Clay&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Federal legislation to curb gun violence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 116th Congress, Clay introduced HR 3435, the Local Public Health and Safety Protection Act, legislation that would, for the first time at the federal level, give local communities the freedom to enact regulations to curb gun violence without seeking permission from their state legislatures. The legislation grants local control over the issue via the <a href="/wiki/Supremacy_Clause" title="Supremacy Clause">Supremacy Clause</a> of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Constitution">U.S. Constitution</a> and by tying the law to future public safety grant funding to states from the U.S. Department of Justice. Support across the nation for Clay's bill is growing, with endorsements from Moms Demand Action Against Gun Violence, Newtown Action, Giffords Courage, Brady, and many other gun control advocates.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environment">Environment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lacy_Clay&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While in his role as a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, Clay was an advocate for renewable energy, acting on climate change, cosponsoring the Green New Deal, protecting National Parks, national seashores, wildlife refuges, forests, and rivers. He was also an outspoken champion for cleaning up hazardous waste sites in largely minority communities, which are often the victims of <a href="/wiki/Environmental_racism" title="Environmental racism">environmental racism</a>. Clay led the effort to clean up three dangerous, hazardous sites in his district: $5 million for the former St. Louis Army Ammunition Plant in North St. Louis, $33 million for the former Carter Carburetor plant site in North St. Louis, and $266 million for the radiologically contaminated West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Northwest St. Louis County.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lacy_Clay&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During Clay's 17 years in the Missouri legislature, he authored Missouri's Hate Crimes Law, which included gender, sexual orientation and sexual identity in the criteria for what constitutes a <a href="/wiki/Hate_crime" title="Hate crime">hate crime</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was one of the 31 United States Representatives who <a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Ohio#Objection_to_certification_of_Ohio's_electoral_votes" title="2004 United States presidential election in Ohio">voted not to count</a> the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral College (United States)">electoral votes</a> from <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election" title="2004 United States presidential election">2004 presidential election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Clay voted against the <a href="/wiki/Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008" title="Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008">Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Clay is a supporter of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Reserve" title="Federal Reserve">Federal Reserve</a>'s program of <a href="/wiki/Quantitative_easing" title="Quantitative easing">quantitative easing</a>, claiming it has led to economic recovery since the <a href="/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%932008" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial crisis of 2007–2008">financial crisis of 2007–2008</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 18, 2019, Clay voted for both articles in the <a href="/wiki/First_impeachment_of_Donald_Trump" title="First impeachment of Donald Trump">first impeachment of Donald Trump</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lacy_Clay&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Missouri 1st Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2000<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>William Lacy Clay Jr. </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>34,398 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>60.56 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Dooley" title="Charlie Dooley">Charlie Dooley</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">15,612 </td> <td style="text-align:right">27.48 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Eric Erfan Vickers </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,543 </td> <td style="text-align:right">6.24 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Bill (William C.) Haas </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,602 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.82 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Steven G. Bailey </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,144 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.01 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Joe Mondrak </td> <td style="text-align:right">504 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.89 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>56,803 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Missouri 1st Congressional District General Election, 2000<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>William Lacy Clay Jr. </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>149,173 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>75.21 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Z. Dwight Billingsly </td> <td style="text-align:right">42,730 </td> <td style="text-align:right">21.54 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#17aa5c;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_the_United_States" title="Green Party of the United States">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Brenda (Ziah) Reddick </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,099 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.56 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Tamara A. Millay </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,253 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.14 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#6A287E;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reform Party (United States)">Reform</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Penningroth </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,092 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.55 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>198,347 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Missouri 1st Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2002<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>William Lacy Clay Jr. (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>41,405 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>74.30 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Carl E. Harris </td> <td style="text-align:right">14,322 </td> <td style="text-align:right">25.70 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>55,727 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Missouri 1st Congressional District General Election, 2002<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>William Lacy Clay Jr. (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>133,946 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>70.11 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Richard Schwadron </td> <td style="text-align:right">51,755 </td> <td style="text-align:right">27.09 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jim Higgins </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,354 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.80 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>191,055 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Missouri 1st Congressional District General Election, 2004<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>William Lacy Clay Jr. (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>213,658 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>75.29 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Leslie L. Farr II </td> <td style="text-align:right">64,791 </td> <td style="text-align:right">22.83 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Terry Chadwick </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,937 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.39 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#A356DE;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Party_(United_States)" title="Constitution Party (United States)">Constitution</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Rehbein </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,385 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.49 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>283,771 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Missouri 1st Congressional District General Election, 2006<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>William Lacy Clay Jr. (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>141,574 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>72.89 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mark J. Byrne </td> <td style="text-align:right">47,893 </td> <td style="text-align:right">24.66 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robb E. Cunningham </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,768 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.45 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>194,235 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Missouri 1st Congressional District General Election, 2008<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>William Lacy Clay Jr. (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>242,570 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>86.86 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robb E. Cunningham </td> <td style="text-align:right">36,700 </td> <td style="text-align:right">13.14 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="width:2px;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px">Write-in votes </td> <td class="fn">Damien Johnson </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.00 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>279,277 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Missouri 1st Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2010<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>William Lacy Clay Jr. (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>37,041 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>81.25 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Candice (Britt) Britton </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,546 </td> <td style="text-align:right">18.75 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>45,587 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Missouri 1st Congressional District General Election, 2010<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>William Lacy Clay Jr. (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>135,907 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>73.55 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robyn Hamlin </td> <td style="text-align:right">43,649 </td> <td style="text-align:right">23.62 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Julie Stone </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,223 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.83 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>184,779 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Missouri 1st Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-MOElectionNight_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOElectionNight-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>William Lacy Clay Jr. (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>57,791 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>63.30 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Russ_Carnahan" title="Russ Carnahan">Russ Carnahan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </td> <td style="text-align:right">30,943 </td> <td style="text-align:right">33.89 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Candice Britton </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,570 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.82 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>91,304 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Missouri 1st Congressional District General Election, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-MOElectionNight_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOElectionNight-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>William Lacy Clay Jr. (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>267,927 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>78.67 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robyn Hamlin </td> <td style="text-align:right">60,832 </td> <td style="text-align:right">17.86 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robb E. Cunningham </td> <td style="text-align:right">11,824 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3.47 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>340,583 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Missouri 1st Congressional District General Election, 2014<sup id="cite_ref-MOElectionNight_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOElectionNight-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>William Lacy Clay Jr. (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>119,315 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>72.98 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Daniel J. Elder </td> <td style="text-align:right">35,273 </td> <td style="text-align:right">21.58 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robb E. Cunningham </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,906 </td> <td style="text-align:right">5.45 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>163,494 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Missouri 1st Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2016<sup id="cite_ref-MOElectionNight_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOElectionNight-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>William Lacy Clay Jr. (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>56,139 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>62.64 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Maria N. Chappelle-Nadal </td> <td style="text-align:right">24,059 </td> <td style="text-align:right">26.85 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">(William) Bill Haas </td> <td style="text-align:right">9,422 </td> <td style="text-align:right">10.51 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>89,620 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Missouri 1st Congressional District General Election, 2016<sup id="cite_ref-MOElectionNight_30-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOElectionNight-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>William Lacy Clay Jr. (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>236,993 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>75.48 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Steven G. Bailey </td> <td style="text-align:right">62,714 </td> <td style="text-align:right">19.97 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robb E. Cunningham </td> <td style="text-align:right">14,317 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4.56 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>314,024 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Missouri 1st Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2018<sup id="cite_ref-MOElectionNight_30-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOElectionNight-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>William Lacy Clay Jr. (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>81,812 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>56.70 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Cori_Bush" title="Cori Bush">Cori Bush</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">53,250 </td> <td style="text-align:right">36.91 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Joshua Shipp </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,974 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3.45 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">DeMarco K. Davidson </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,243 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.94 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>144,279 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Missouri 1st Congressional District General Election, 2018<sup id="cite_ref-MOElectionNight_30-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOElectionNight-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>William Lacy Clay Jr. (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>219,781 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>80.10 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Vroman </td> <td style="text-align:right">45,867 </td> <td style="text-align:right">16.72 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robb E. Cunningham </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,727 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3.18 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>274,375 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Missouri 1st Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2020<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Cori_Bush" title="Cori Bush">Cori Bush</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>73,274 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>48.52 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">William Lacy Clay Jr. (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </td> <td style="text-align:right">68,887 </td> <td style="text-align:right">45.61 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Katherine Bruckner </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,850 </td> <td style="text-align:right">5.86 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>151,011 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lacy_Clay&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Clay married his first wife, Ivie, in 1992, when he was a state senator. He filed for divorce in 2009. Ivie initially found out about the divorce "only through the media." Through her lawyer, she stated: "“I and my children are devastated and embarrassed that my husband let us find out from the children’s friends and the media that he had filed for divorce, and mostly that he still has not contacted our children. I would have wanted to prepare the children." The divorce was finalized in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Clay later remarried and he and his wife, Patricia, reside in <a href="/wiki/University_City,_Missouri" title="University City, Missouri">University City</a>, in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_County,_Missouri" title="St. Louis County, Missouri">St Louis County, Missouri</a>. He is the father of two children, Carol and Will III.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>He is <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pewforum_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pewforum-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lacy_Clay&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_African-American_United_States_representatives" title="List of African-American United States representatives">List of African-American United States representatives</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 13,</span> 2017</span>. <q>The painting has inflamed tensions on Capitol Hill between the two parties. The Hill asked Representative <a href="/wiki/Cedric_Richmond" title="Cedric Richmond">Cedric Richmond</a>, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus if the painting needed someone to monitor it to prevent further removals. "No," Richmond replied. 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Roll Call<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 16,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Clay+Brings+Controversial+Constituent+Painting+to+House+Floor&rft.pub=Roll+Call&rft.date=2017-04-26&rft.aulast=Gangitano&rft.aufirst=Alex&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollcall.com%2Fnews%2Fhoh%2Fclay-brings-constituents-painting-that-depicts-ferguson-police-community-relations-to-house-floor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALacy+Clay" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCarey2014" class="citation book cs1">Carey, Charles (2014). <i>African-American Political Leaders</i>. Infobase Publishing. p. 52. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781438107806" title="Special:BookSources/9781438107806"><bdi>9781438107806</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=African-American+Political+Leaders&rft.pages=52&rft.pub=Infobase+Publishing&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=9781438107806&rft.aulast=Carey&rft.aufirst=Charles&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALacy+Clay" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll007.xml">"FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 7"</a>. <i>Clerk.house.gov</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 22,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Clerk.house.gov&rft.atitle=FINAL+VOTE+RESULTS+FOR+ROLL+CALL+7&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fclerk.house.gov%2Fevs%2F2005%2Froll007.xml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALacy+Clay" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll674.xml#NV">"FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 674"</a>. <i>Clerk.house.gov</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 22,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Clerk.house.gov&rft.atitle=FINAL+VOTE+RESULTS+FOR+ROLL+CALL+674&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fclerk.house.gov%2Fevs%2F2008%2Froll674.xml%23NV&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALacy+Clay" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See his opening statement in the video: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110505003341/http://financialservices.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetails.aspx?NewsID=1752">"Hearing| Financial Services Committee | U.S. House of Representatives"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://financialservices.house.gov/Hearings/hearingDetails.aspx?NewsID=1752">the original</a> on 2011-05-05.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Hearing%26%23124%3B+Financial+Services+Committee+%26%23124%3B+U.S.+House+of+Representatives&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ffinancialservices.house.gov%2FHearings%2FhearingDetails.aspx%3FNewsID%3D1752&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALacy+Clay" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPanetta2019" class="citation web cs1">Panetta, Grace (December 18, 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-impeachment-vote-results-house-2019-12">"WHIP COUNT: Here's which members of the House voted for and against impeaching Trump"</a>. <i>Business Insider</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Graves</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress" title="109th United States Congress">109th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kit_Bond" title="Kit Bond">K. Bond</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Talent" title="Jim Talent">J. Talent</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Missouri" title="List of United States representatives from Missouri">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ike_Skelton" title="Ike Skelton">I. Skelton</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jo_Ann_Emerson" title="Jo Ann Emerson">J. Emerson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">R. Blunt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Hulshof" title="Kenny Hulshof">K. Hulshof</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Todd_Akin" title="Todd Akin">T. Akin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">W. L. Clay</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Russ_Carnahan" title="Russ Carnahan">R. Carnahan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Cleaver" title="Emanuel Cleaver">E. Cleaver</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress" title="110th United States Congress">110th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kit_Bond" title="Kit Bond">K. Bond</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Claire_McCaskill" title="Claire McCaskill">C. McCaskill</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Missouri" title="List of United States representatives from Missouri">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ike_Skelton" title="Ike Skelton">I. Skelton</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jo_Ann_Emerson" title="Jo Ann Emerson">J. Emerson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">R. Blunt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Hulshof" title="Kenny Hulshof">K. Hulshof</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Todd_Akin" title="Todd Akin">T. Akin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">W. L. Clay</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Russ_Carnahan" title="Russ Carnahan">R. Carnahan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Cleaver" title="Emanuel Cleaver">E. Cleaver</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress">111th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kit_Bond" title="Kit Bond">K. Bond</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Claire_McCaskill" title="Claire McCaskill">C. McCaskill</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Missouri" title="List of United States representatives from Missouri">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ike_Skelton" title="Ike Skelton">I. Skelton</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jo_Ann_Emerson" title="Jo Ann Emerson">J. Emerson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">R. Blunt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Todd_Akin" title="Todd Akin">T. Akin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">W. L. Clay</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Russ_Carnahan" title="Russ Carnahan">R. Carnahan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Cleaver" title="Emanuel Cleaver">E. Cleaver</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" title="Blaine Luetkemeyer">B. Luetkemeyer</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/112th_United_States_Congress" title="112th United States Congress">112th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Claire_McCaskill" title="Claire McCaskill">C. McCaskill</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">R. Blunt</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Missouri" title="List of United States representatives from Missouri">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jo_Ann_Emerson" title="Jo Ann Emerson">J. Emerson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Todd_Akin" title="Todd Akin">T. Akin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">W. L. Clay</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Russ_Carnahan" title="Russ Carnahan">R. Carnahan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Cleaver" title="Emanuel Cleaver">E. Cleaver</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" title="Blaine Luetkemeyer">B. Luetkemeyer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vicky_Hartzler" title="Vicky Hartzler">V. Hartzler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Billy_Long" title="Billy Long">B. Long</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress" title="113th United States Congress">113th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Claire_McCaskill" title="Claire McCaskill">C. McCaskill</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">R. Blunt</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Missouri" title="List of United States representatives from Missouri">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jo_Ann_Emerson" title="Jo Ann Emerson"><i>J. Emerson</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">W. L. Clay</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Cleaver" title="Emanuel Cleaver">E. Cleaver</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" title="Blaine Luetkemeyer">B. Luetkemeyer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vicky_Hartzler" title="Vicky Hartzler">V. Hartzler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Billy_Long" title="Billy Long">B. Long</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ann_Wagner" title="Ann Wagner">A. Wagner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_politician)" title="Jason Smith (American politician)"><i>J. Smith</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/114th_United_States_Congress" title="114th United States Congress">114th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Claire_McCaskill" title="Claire McCaskill">C. McCaskill</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">R. Blunt</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Missouri" title="List of United States representatives from Missouri">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">W. L. Clay</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Cleaver" title="Emanuel Cleaver">E. Cleaver</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" title="Blaine Luetkemeyer">B. Luetkemeyer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vicky_Hartzler" title="Vicky Hartzler">V. Hartzler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Billy_Long" title="Billy Long">B. Long</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ann_Wagner" title="Ann Wagner">A. Wagner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_politician)" title="Jason Smith (American politician)">J. Smith</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/115th_United_States_Congress" title="115th United States Congress">115th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Claire_McCaskill" title="Claire McCaskill">C. McCaskill</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">R. Blunt</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Missouri" title="List of United States representatives from Missouri">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">W. L. Clay</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Cleaver" title="Emanuel Cleaver">E. Cleaver</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" title="Blaine Luetkemeyer">B. Luetkemeyer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vicky_Hartzler" title="Vicky Hartzler">V. Hartzler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Billy_Long" title="Billy Long">B. Long</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ann_Wagner" title="Ann Wagner">A. Wagner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_politician)" title="Jason Smith (American politician)">J. Smith</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/116th_United_States_Congress" title="116th United States Congress">116th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">R. Blunt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Josh_Hawley" title="Josh Hawley">J. Hawley</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Missouri" title="List of United States representatives from Missouri">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">W. L. Clay</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Cleaver" title="Emanuel Cleaver">E. Cleaver</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" title="Blaine Luetkemeyer">B. Luetkemeyer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vicky_Hartzler" title="Vicky Hartzler">V. Hartzler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Billy_Long" title="Billy Long">B. Long</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ann_Wagner" title="Ann Wagner">A. Wagner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_politician)" title="Jason Smith (American politician)">J. 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