| 词条 | R. Clayton Mitchell Jr. |
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| name = R. Clayton "Clay" Mitchell Jr. | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|4|16}} | birth_place =Chestertown, Maryland | residence = | death_date = | death_place = | state_delegate = Maryland | district = 36th | term_start = 1971 | term_end = 1992 | preceded = | succeeded = | speaker = 104th | term_start2 = 1987 | term_end2 = 1992 | preceded2= Benjamin L. Cardin | succeeded2= Casper R. Taylor Jr. | constituency = Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, and Talbot Counties, Maryland | party = Democrat | religion = | occupation = | majority = | relations = | spouse = | children = | footnotes = }}R. Clayton 'Clay' Mitchell Jr. (born April 16, 1936) is a former American politician and the former Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates in the United States.[1] BackgroundMitchell was born in Chestertown on Maryland's eastern shore in 1936. He served in the United States Army before entering public service in the 1966 elections.[1] Political careerIn the 1966 elections, Mitchell won a seat on the Kent County Commission. Four years later, he won election to the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 36, which spreads across the northern eastern shore between the Delaware state line and the Chesapeake Bay. He became chair of the eastern shore delegation in 1974, and a decade later took over as chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee. In 1987, after the election of the previous Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, Benjamin L. Cardin, to Congress, Mitchell was elected by his colleagues to serve as Speaker. He held the position until his retirement in 1992.[1] RetirementSince retiring from the House of Delegates, Mitchell has continued to be actively involved in his community. He has chaired both the Save our skipjacks Task Force and the Maryland Commission for Celebration 2000. In addition, he is a Director of the Second National Bank of Maryland and a member of the Board of Visitors and Governors of Washington College.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=R. Clayton Mitchell Jr.|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/013300/013343/html/13343bio.html|work=Biographical Series|publisher=Archives of Maryland|accessdate=7 May 2014}} {{s-start}}{{succession box | before = Benjamin L. Cardin | title = Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates | years = 1987–1992 | after = Casper R. Taylor Jr. }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, R. Clayton Jr.}} 4 : 1936 births|Speakers of the Maryland House of Delegates|Living people|Maryland Democrats |
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