WESTERN HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
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sl 813 HUNGATE, WILLIAM L. PAPERS
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William L. Hungate was the Congressman from Missouri's ninth district from 1964 to 1977. Born in Benton, Illinois, December 1922, Hungate moved with his family to Bowling Green, Missouri when he was seven. He was educated in public school and received his A.B. from the University of Missouri in 1943. The following year he married Dorothy Wilson of Cyrene, Missouri, a former kindergarten teacher. During World War II Hungate served as a rifleman in the Army's 95th Infantry Division. After receiving a Bronze Star and other decorations, he resumed his education in 1946 at Harvard Law School. Following law school Hungate moved to Troy, Missouri, were he practiced law with the firm of Hungate and Grewach from 1948-1951. In 1951 he gained the nomination for prosecuting attorney and ran unopposed from 1951-1956. From 1958-1964 he served as special assistant attorney general of Missouri. Following the death of Clarence Cannon in 1964 Hungate was elected representative from Missouri's ninth district. In the House, Hungate served on the House Judiciary Committee, the Select Committee on Small Business and the D.C. Committee (until his resignation in 1971). In 1973 and 1974 He received national attention when the Judiciary Committee investigated whether sufficient grounds existed for the impeachment of Richard Nixon. Following his retirement from Congress, Hungate served as visiting professor of political science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis until his appointment as a Federal Judge in 1979.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The collection contains carbon copies of letters sent by Hungate during his tenure as Representative from Missouri's 9th district. The files are arranged alphabetically by year.
BOX LIST
Box 1
Introductory Roll
Roll 1. Correspondence, Aa-Brae, 1973
Roll 2. Correspondence, Brh-Cru, 1973
Roll 3. Correspondence, Cu-Fre, 1973
Roll 4. Correspondence, Fri-Hen, 1973
Roll 5. Correspondence, Hep-Koe, 1973
Roll 6. Correspondence, Kof-Mez, 1973
Roll 7. Correspondence, Mic-Piv, 1973
Roll 8. Correspondence, Pla-Sim, 1973
Roll 9. Correspondence, Sin-Wan, 1973
Box 2
Roll 10. Correspondence, Wap-Z, 1973, And-Ben, 1974
Roll 11. Correspondence, Beo-Cly, 1974
Roll 12. Correspondence, Coa-Er, 1974
Roll 13. Correspondence, Es-Hav, 1974
Roll 14. Correspondence, Haw-King, 1974
Roll 15. Correspondence, Kin-Mer, 1974
Roll 16. Correspondence, Mes-Por, 1974
Roll 17. Correspondence, Pos-Why, 1974
Roll 18. Correspondence, Wib-Z, 1974, Aar-Bou, 1975
Roll 19. Correspondence, Boy-Daz, 1975
Box 3
Roll 20. Correspondence, Dec-Gre, 1975
Roll 21. Correspondence, Gri-Key, 1975
Roll 22. Correspondence, Kic-Morl, 1975
Roll 23. Correspondence, Morr-Sau, 1975
Roll 24. Correspondence, Sav-Tru, 1975
Roll 25. Correspondence, Tsi-Z, 1975-Abb-Bet, 1976
Roll 26. Correspondence, Bel-Fox, 1976
Roll 27. Correspondence, Fra-Llo, 1976
Roll 28. Correspondence, Loc-Riz, 1976
Roll 29. Correspondence, Roa-Z, 1976
WESTERN HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
222 THOMAS JEFFERSON LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
ONE UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD
ST. LOUIS, MO 63121
(314) 516-5143