STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI-RESEARCH CENTER ST. LOUIS
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
This collection is stored off site. Please allow 3-5
business days for retrieval.
Related collection:
s0414 HUNGATE, WILLIAM L. ADDENDA, 1973-1976
s0813 HUNGATE, WILLIAM L. PAPERS
s0815 HUNGATE, WILLIAM L. WATERGATE COLLECTION
For a list of the images in this collection click here and go to the WHMC photograph database
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.
Wikipedia entry on Hungate:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ William_Hungate
SCOPE AND CONTENT
Photographs from the William Hungate Papers collection (sl 813) removed and processed separately.
FOLDER LISTING
BOX 1 (001583)
Folders 1-14
BOX 2 (018838)
Folders 15-26
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI-RESEARCH CENTER ST. LOUIS
222 THOMAS JEFFERSON LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
ONE UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD
ST. LOUIS, MO 63121
(314) 516-5143