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He was first elected as a Republican, and left the Republican Party to become an independent in early 2020 before switching to the Libertarian Party in April 2020. He did not seek re-election in 2020 [ 2 ] and switched back to the Republican Party in 2024 to run for the U.S. Senate election in Michigan .
Clay was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Luella S. (Hyatt) and Irving Charles Clay. [1] He graduated from Saint Louis University in 1953. Clay served in the United States Army from 1953 to 1955, and was a St. Louis alderman from 1959 to 1964.
Missouri's 1st congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state. It includes all of St. Louis City and much of northern St. Louis County, including the cities of Maryland Heights, University City, Ferguson and Florissant. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+27, it is the most Democratic district in Missouri. [2]
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Missouri. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Missouri. The list of names should be complete, but ...
In April 2020, Representative Justin Amash from Michigan's 3rd congressional district became the first Libertarian member of Congress, after switching from the Republican Party and spending time as an independent. However, Amash has never been elected as a Libertarian, and did not seek re-election in 2020. [92]
Amash became an independent on July 4, 2019, and then a Libertarian on April 29, 2020. [1] April 29, 2020 Independent Libertarian: Jeff Van Drew: New Jersey: 2nd: December 19, 2019 116th: Democratic: Republican: Van Drew switched parties in the wake of the first impeachment of Donald Trump, which he opposed. Paul Mitchell: Michigan: 10th ...
Dougherty was elected city attorney of Liberty, Missouri, in 1881 and served five years. He was editor and proprietor of the Liberty Tribune 1885–1888. Dougherty was elected prosecuting attorney of Clay County, Missouri, in 1888 and served six years. He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress.
The Libertarian Party of Missouri is the Missouri affiliate of the Libertarian Party.The state chair is Bill Slantz. The party has been an established party in Missouri with ballot access since 1992 due to the state's threshold of vote percentage required for ballot access (2% of the votes in a statewide race).