Walter Lay
Walter Victor Lay (January 21, 1924 – January 20, 1983) was an American politician. He resigned from the Missouri House of Representatives in 1954, during his third term in office representing St. Louis.[1] He introduced legislation to desegregate public schools in Missouri. Fellow St. Louis Democrat John W. Green joined him in co-sponsoring the legislation, reintroduced it after it died in the state senate during Lay’s first term.[2] A resolution commemorating his birth was introduced in 1953.[3] He managed Bill Clay’s district office in the early 1970s.[4] Clay hired Pearlie Evans to take over the post because Lay kept his private sector job.[5]
Lay died of a heart attack at his home in St Louis, a day before his 59th birthday.[6][7]
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- ^ "Negro Legislator Resigns from Missouri House". Jet Magazine. 6 May 1954. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ Company, Johnson Publishing (February 12, 1953). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books.
- ^ "Journal of the House of the State of Missouri - Missouri. General Assembly. House - Google Books". 2009-11-17. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ^ "Thomas F. Eagleton, Democratic Senator from Missouri - Duncan Spelman - Google Books". 2008-10-23. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ^ "Bill Clay: A Political Voice at the Grass Roots - William L. Clay, Bill Clay, William Clay - Google Books". Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ^ "Walter V. Lay; Former Legislator". St Louis Post-Dispatch. 21 January 1983. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007". Ancestry. Retrieved 6 November 2022.