Clyde T. Ellis

Clyde Taylor Ellis (December 21, 1908 - February 9, 1980) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.

Born on a farm near Garfield, Arkansas, Ellis attended the public schools of Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was in the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, B.S., and attended the school of law at the same university. He attended George Washington University Law School and American University in Washington, D.C.. He was a teacher in the rural schools at Garfield, Arkansas in 1927 and 1928. He was then Superintendent of Schools at Garfield, Arkansas from 1929 to 1934. He was admitted to the bar in 1933 and commenced practice at Bentonville, Arkansas. He served in the State House of Representatives from 1933 to 1935. He served as member of the State Senate from 1935 to 1939. He served as delegate, Democrat National Convention, 1940.

Ellis was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress. He was reelected to the Seventy-seventh Congress (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1943). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1942 but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator. He served as combat officer in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1945. He served as the first general manager (CEO) of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Washington, D.C., from January 1943 until retirement in September 1967. He was appointed as special consultant to the Secretary of Agriculture, January 1968 to January 1969. He served as special area development assistant to Senator John L. McClellan from February 1971 until 1977. He returned to the staff of the Secretary of Agriculture and was employed there until his retirement in August 1979. Clyde resided in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He died in Washington, D.C., February 9, 1980. He was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.

Clyde Ellis was the father of two children and the grandfather of Diana West, a noted author and lecturer on breastfeeding issues.

Footnotes

• Clyde T. Ellis at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

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• Clyde T. Ellis at Find a Grave

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Name	Ellis, Clyde Taylor
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Date of birth	December 21, 1908
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Date of death	February 9, 1980
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