Clare Magee | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's1st district | |
| In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel W. Arnold |
| Succeeded by | Frank M. Karsten |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 31, 1899 Livonia, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | August 7, 1969 (aged 70) Unionville, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Missouri |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service |  United States Navy United States Army |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Clare Magee (March 31, 1899 – August 7, 1969) was an American lawyer and politician fromMissouri who served as a member of theUnited States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1953.
Born on a farm in Putnam County nearLivonia, Missouri, Magee graduated from Unionville (Missouri) High School, and attendedKirksville State Teachers College and theUniversity of Missouri. He studied law at theUniversity of Missouri School of Law.
DuringWorld War I, Magee served in theUnited States Navy as a seaman first class and small arms instructor. After the war, he homesteaded in theBighorn Basin region and worked as a laborer for theUnited States Reclamation Service inDeaver, Wyoming.
He was admitted to the bar in 1922, and commenced practice inUnionville, Missouri. Magee owned and operated his family's farm beginning in 1932, and was postmaster of Unionville from 1935 to 1941.
Magee joined the Army duringWorld War II and served as a private in theField Artillery Branch. He was subsequently commissioned as a captain in theUnited States Army Air Corps, and served until the end of the war.
In 1948 Magee was elected as aDemocrat to the Eighty-first Congress. He was reelected in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress, and he served from January 3, 1949, to January 3, 1953. Magee was not a candidate for renomination in 1952. During his congressional career, he earned recognition for his efforts to extendG.I. Bill benefits to veterans of theKorean War. After leaving Congress, Magee resumed the practice of law.
In 1941, Magee was charged with in the fatal shooting of his cousin, Charles Magee.[1] He was acquitted on a plea of temporary insanity. Evidence at his trial indicated that Clare shot Charles Magee when Charles was in police custody, and that Charles was distraught because Charles had stabbed Clare's brother, Dr. E. H. Magee.[2][3]
Magee died in Unionville on August 7, 1969, and was buried at Unionville Cemetery.[4]
