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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriAlfred Morrison LAY
(1836-1879)
LAY, Alfred Morrison, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Lewis County, Mo., May 20,
1836; moved with his parents to Benton County in 1842; attended
private schools, and was graduated from Bethany College, Virginia
(now in West Virginia), in 1856; studied law; was admitted to the
bar in 1857 and commenced practice in Jefferson City, Mo.;
appointed United States district attorney for the western district
of Missouri by President Buchanan and served until his resignation
in 1861; enlisted as a private in the Missouri State Guard and was
subsequently promoted to the rank of major; returned to Missouri
when the command disbanded; served as captain of ordnance,
Confederate Army; resumed the practice of law in Jefferson City,
Mo.; member of the State constitutional convention in 1875; elected
as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress and served from March 4,
1879, until his death in Washington, D.C., on December 8, 1879;
interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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