Records of the U.S. House of Representatives. 1789 - 2015. General Records. 1791 - 2010. Representative Martha Griffiths's Discharge Petition for the Equal Rights Amendment
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Griffiths, Martha W. (Martha Wright), 1912-2003
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Martha Wright Griffiths (January 29, 1912 – April 22, 2003) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1955 to 1974 and as Lieutenant Governor of Michigan from 1983 to 1991. She was a member of the Democratic Party. Born in Pierce City, Missouri as Martha Edna Wright, she graduated from Pierce City High School in 1930 before matriculating to the University of Missouri at Columbia, earning an AB in political science in 1934. In c...
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William Lacy Clay (born April 30, 1931) is an American politician from Missouri. As Congressman from Missouri's first district, he represented portions of St. Louis in the U.S. House of Representatives for 32 years. Clay was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Luella S. (Hyatt) and Irving Charles Clay. He graduated from Saint Louis University. Clay served in the United States Army from 1953 to 1955, and he was a St. Louis alderman from 1959 to 1964. Clay served 105 days in jail for partic...
