Clare Magee
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 1st district
In office
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953
Preceded bySamuel W. Arnold
Succeeded byFrank M. Karsten
Personal details
BornMarch 31, 1899
Livonia, Missouri, U.S.
DiedAugust 7, 1969 (aged 70)
Unionville, Missouri, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Missouri
Military service
Branch/service United States Navy
 United States Army
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II

Clare Magee (March 31, 1899 – August 7, 1969) was an American lawyer and politician from Missouri who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1953.

Early life and education

Born on a farm in Putnam County near Livonia, Missouri, Magee graduated from Unionville (Missouri) High School, and attended Kirksville State Teachers College and the University of Missouri. He studied law at the University of Missouri School of Law.

Career

During World War I, Magee served in the United States Navy as a seaman first class and small arms instructor. After the war, he homesteaded in the Bighorn Basin region and worked as a laborer for the United States Reclamation Service in Deaver, Wyoming.

He was admitted to the bar in 1922, and commenced practice in Unionville, 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 during World War II and served as a private in the Field Artillery Branch. He was subsequently commissioned as a captain in the United States Army Air Corps, and served until the end of the war.

In 1948 Magee was elected as a Democrat 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 extend G.I. Bill benefits to veterans of the Korean War. After leaving Congress, Magee resumed the practice of law.

Personal life

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]

References

  1. ↑ Clare Magee freed on bond of $10,000
  2. ↑ "Postmaster Held in Shooting of Kin at Unionville". New Cambria Leader. New Cambria, MO. p. 1.
  3. ↑ "Clare Magee Acquitted of Murder Charge". New Cambria Leader. New Cambria, MO. October 30, 1941. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "Former Congressman Clare Magee Dies". Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune. Chillicothe, MO. Associated Press. August 7, 1969. p. 12.
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