William Lacy Clay
★ U.S. Representative
- Born
- April 30, 1931
- Died
- July 16, 2025
- Age at death
- 94
- Home state
- Missouri
- Party
- Democratic
- On the ballot
- 1968–1998
16-0
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Clay1.6M
Opponents734,745
16
Elections run
Between 1968 and 1998, William Lacy Clay ran in 16 U.S. House elections, winning all 16. Clay's biggest single-election total was 158,693 votes, in the 1992 U.S. House election in Missouri's District 1. Clay's closest win came in the 1990 U.S. House election in Missouri's District 1, decided by 22,390 votes.
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How many votes has William Lacy Clay received?
William Lacy Clay has received 1,561,630 popular votes across 16 U.S. elections, with a career record of 16–0.
Election history
| Year | Office | Result | Votes | Opponent(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | U.S. HouseMissouri | Won | 90,84072.64% | Richmond A. Soluade Sr. Richard E. Illyes |
| 1996 | U.S. HouseMissouri | Won | 131,65970.16% | Daniel F. O'Sullivan Jr. Tamara A. Millay |
| 1994 | U.S. HouseMissouri | Won | 97,06163.43% | Donald R. Counts Craig W. Williamson |
| 1992 | U.S. HouseMissouri | Won | 158,69368.06% | Arthur S. Montgomery |
| 1990 | U.S. HouseMissouri | Won | 62,55060.9% | Wayne G. Piotrowski |
| 1988 | U.S. HouseMissouri | Won | 140,75171.57% | Joseph A. Schwan Terry Inman |
| 1986 | U.S. HouseMissouri | Won | 91,04466.15% | Robert J. Wittmann |
| 1984 | U.S. HouseMissouri | Won | 147,43668.27% | Eric Rathbone |
| 1982 | U.S. HouseMissouri | Won | 102,65666.12% | William E. White (head-to-head) |
| 1980 | U.S. HouseMissouri | Won | 91,27270.24% | William E. White (head-to-head) |
| 1978 | U.S. HouseMissouri | Won | 65,95066.61% | William E. White (head-to-head) Mary Pritchard Gerald Pechenuk |
| 1976 | U.S. HouseMissouri | Won | 87,31065.56% | Robert L. Witherspoon |
| 1974 | U.S. HouseMissouri | Won | 61,93368.33% | Martin |
| 1972 | U.S. HouseMissouri | Won | 95,09863.96% | Richard O Funsch |
| 1970 | U.S. HouseMissouri | Won | 58,08290.53% | Gerald G Frischer |
| 1968 | U.S. HouseMissouri | Won | 79,29564.15% | Crawford |
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (C000488) and Wikidata (Q548122). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
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