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CLAYTON, Eva M., a Representative from North Carolina; born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September 16, 1934; B.S., Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte,
N.C., 1955; M.S., North Carolina Central University, Durham, N.C., 1962;
director, University of North Carolina Health Manpower Development Programs;
assistant secretary for community development, North Carolina Department of
Natural Resources and Community Development, 1977-1981; unsuccessful candidate
for nomination to the Ninety-first Congress in 1968; chair of the Warren
County, N.C., board of commissioners, 1982-1992; elected as a Democrat to the
One Hundred Second Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of United States Representative Walter B. Jones, and reelected to the
four succeeding Congresses (November 3, 1992-January 3, 2003); not a candidate
for reelection to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002.
BibliographyEva M. Clayton in
Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007. Prepared under the
direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of History
& Preservation, U. S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government
Printing Office, 2008.
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