<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=189 style="border-right: 1px solid #CCCCCC;" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="11caa900.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="144" ALT="William Clay, Sr" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> William Clay, Sr</B></div> <div> <B>Chairman</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CAPS"><B><IMG SRC="0cf9d260.gif" border=0 width="157" height="38" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>CAPS Members:</U></B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Berlin Sans FB" ><I><B><U> </U></B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>AFL-CIO</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Book Antiqua" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Alliance for Retired Americans</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Book Antiqua" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>American Diabetes Association</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Book Antiqua" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>American Postal</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Book Antiqua" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Workers Union</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Book Antiqua" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>A. 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Growing up with six siblings in a St. Louis tenement, Clay excelled in school. However, having to work from an early age, Clay, at age 13, worked as a janitor in a clothing store where he became the store manager. Clay graduated from St. Louis University in <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#9E482C" FACE="Book Antiqua" ><A HREF="http://www.thehistorymakers.com/historymakers/timeline/index.asp?string=1953" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thehistorymakers.com/historym"><U>1953</U></A></FONT> with a B.S. in Political Science. He served in the U.S. Army until <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#9E482C" FACE="Book Antiqua" ><A HREF="http://www.thehistorymakers.com/historymakers/timeline/index.asp?string=1955" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thehistorymakers.com/historym"><U>1955</U></A></FONT> and then became active in the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#9E482C" FACE="Book Antiqua" ><A HREF="http://www.thehistorymakers.com/historymakers/glossary/glossarytext.asp?index=26" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thehistorymakers.com/historym"><U>Civil Rights Movement</U></A></FONT>. Between 1955 and <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#9E482C" FACE="Book Antiqua" ><A HREF="http://www.thehistorymakers.com/historymakers/timeline/index.asp?string=1959" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thehistorymakers.com/historym"><U>1959</U></A></FONT>, he worked as a real estate broker in St. Louis and from 1959 to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#9E482C" FACE="Book Antiqua" ><A HREF="http://www.thehistorymakers.com/historymakers/timeline/index.asp?string=1961" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thehistorymakers.com/historym"><U>1961</U></A></FONT> as a manager of Industry Life Insurance Company. </div> <div> Clay became active in local politics before being elected to the St. Louis Board of Alderman in 1959. He continued to serve as an alderman for the 26th Ward until <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#9E482C" FACE="Book Antiqua" ><A HREF="http://www.thehistorymakers.com/historymakers/timeline/index.asp?string=1964" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thehistorymakers.com/historym"><U>1964</U></A></FONT>, when he resigned to become a union official and ward politician. In 1968, Clay was elected to the U.S. Congress, becoming the first African American to be elected from Missouri and one of only two African American Congressmen elected from states west of the Mississippi River. Clay served 15 terms in Congress, gaining a reputation for his street-wise urban politics and his strong ties to organized labor. </div> <div> One of the founders of the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#9E482C" FACE="Book Antiqua" ><A HREF="http://www.thehistorymakers.com/historymakers/glossary/glossarytext.asp?index=230" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thehistorymakers.com/historym"><U>Congressional Black Caucus</U></A></FONT>, Clay wrote a comprehensive treatise on the CBS's history entitled: <I>Just Permanent Interests: Black Americans in Congress, 1870-</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#9E482C" FACE="Book Antiqua" ><A HREF="http://www.thehistorymakers.com/historymakers/timeline/index.asp?string=1991" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thehistorymakers.com/historym"><I><U>1991</U></I></A></FONT><I> </I>. Clay married his wife, Carol Ann Johnson, in 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri. They have three children: Vicki Flynn, William Jr. and Michelle Katherine. 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