17 Facts About Lacy Clay

The district Clay represented is based in the city of St Louis and includes most of northern St Louis County, including the cities of Maryland Heights, University City, Ferguson and Florissant.

Lacy Clay's family moved to Washington, DC, when his father, Bill Clay, was elected to Congress.

Lacy Clay subsequently attended the University of Maryland, College Park, earning a degree in political science and a paralegal certificate.

Lacy Clay attended Howard University School of Law, worked as an Assistant Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, and worked on his father's Congressional campaigns.

In 2000, Bill Lacy Clay announced his retirement after 32 years in Congress.

Lacy Clay was reelected nine times, winning Democratic primaries by an average margin of 30 points.

In January 2017, Lacy Clay argued with Republican lawmakers over the right to hang a controversial painting in the Capitol building.

Lacy Clay then attempted to file a complaint with the Capitol Police accusing Hunter of theft.

Support across the nation for Lacy 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.

Lacy Clay was an outspoken champion for cleaning up hazardous waste sites in largely minority communities, which are often the victims of environmental racism.

Lacy 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.

Lacy Clay was one of the 31 United States Representatives who voted not to count the electoral votes from Ohio in the 2004 presidential election.

Lacy Clay voted against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

On December 18,2019, Lacy Clay voted for both articles in the first impeachment of Donald Trump.

Lacy Clay married his first wife, Ivie, in 1992, when he was a state senator.

Lacy Clay later remarried and he and his wife, Patricia, reside in University City, in St Louis County, Missouri.

Lacy Clay is the father of two children, Carol and Will III.