Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. (April 19, 1939 – September 10, 2013) was an American jurist and
Republican
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Political ideology
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politician who served as mayor of
Fort Lauderdale
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and represented South Florida in the
United States House of Representatives
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from 1981 until 2007. He was defeated for re-election by
Ron Klein
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in 2006.
Early life, education, and legal career
Shaw was born in
Miami, Florida
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. He graduated in 1957 from
Miami Edison Senior High School
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Miami Edison is an ...
. He received a bachelor's degree in business in 1961 from
Stetson University
Stetson University is a private university with four colleges and schools located across the I–4 corridor in Central Florida with the primary undergraduate campus in DeLand. The university was founded in 1883 and was later established in 1887 ...
in Florida, where he joined
Sigma Nu
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fraternity, a master's degree in accounting in 1963 from the
University of Alabama
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, and a law degree in 1966 from
Stetson University School of Law. Shaw married the former Emilie Costar on August 22, 1960.
After graduating, Shaw practiced law and worked as a
certified public accountant
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. In 1968, he became assistant city attorney in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale () is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and largest city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth ...
. He was chief city prosecutor from 1968 to 1969 and an associate municipal judge from 1969 to 1971.
Fort Lauderdale politics
Shaw was the city commissioner from 1971 to 1973 and vice mayor 1973 to 1975. He then served as
mayor of Fort Lauderdale
The Mayor of Fort Lauderdale serves a three-year term, no greater than six consecutive terms, for a maximum of eighteen years.
Mayor-Council Government (1912–1925)
Mayor was appointed from the Council.
* 1912–1913 W.H. Marshall
* 1913–1914 ...
from 1975 to 1981. During his tenure as mayor, Shaw served on the advisory board and executive committee of the
U.S. Conference of Mayors
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, was president of the National Conference of Republican Mayors, and was named special U.S. ambassador to
Papua New Guinea
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by President
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president never to have been elected ...
.
U.S. House of Representatives
Elections
;1980
The 1980 election cycle provided Republicans with the opportunity to gain Congressional seats. As
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
and
Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he previously served as th ...
battled for the White House, the National Republican Campaign Committee was actively seeking a Republican candidate in South Florida to challenge freshman Democratic congressman
Edward J. Stack
Edward John Stack (April 29, 1910 – November 3, 1989) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida.
Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, to Ireland, Irish immigrants, Stack attended the public schools and received a B.A. ...
. The district, one of the first parts of Florida to turn Republican, had been held by Republican
J. Herbert Burke for 12 years before Stack ousted him in 1978. Having been turned down by two potential candidates, including state Senator
Van B. Poole, National Congressional Republicans set their eyes on popular
Fort Lauderdale
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mayor, Clay Shaw.
After multiple attempts to convince Shaw to run for Congress, Shaw agreed. With the support of his wife, Emilie, and four young children, he undertook the task of defeating an incumbent. However, Shaw's candidacy received a significant boost when Stack was upset in the Democratic primary by a young Fort Lauderdale lawyer, Allen Becker. Shaw and Becker faced off in a spirited November general election with Shaw winning 55 percent of the vote.
Congressman-elect Shaw was on his way to Washington to represent
Broward County
Broward County ( , ) is a county in the southeastern part of Florida, located in the Miami metropolitan area. It is Florida's second-most populous county after Miami-Dade County and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with over 1.94 ...
's 15th Congressional district.
Also in 1980, Ronald Reagan became the 40th president of the United States, and Republicans gained control of the United States Senate.
;1982
Redistricting numbered Shaw's district as the 15th District. Shaw faced a rematch against his predecessor, Ed Stack. However, Shaw turned back this challenge fairly easily, winning 57 percent of the vote.
;1984
Shaw won re-election with 66% against Democratic nominee Bill Humphrey.
;1986
Shaw won re-election without opposition.
;1988
Shaw won re-election with 66% against Democratic nominee Mike Kuhle.
;1990
Shaw was re-elected without opposition.
;1992
In November 1992, Shaw faced his toughest congressional opponent to date. Following the
1990 U.S. census, the Democratic-controlled
Florida Legislature
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reapportioned the state's congressional districts. Shaw's district was renumbered as the 22nd District and significantly altered.
For his first five terms, he had represented a relatively compact district in Broward County. However, it was reconfigured into a district that stretched for 90 miles along the coast, from
Juno Beach
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to the north to
Lincoln Road on
Miami Beach
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to the south. His Democratic opponent was State Senate President
Gwen Margolis
Gwen Margolis (née Liedman; October 4, 1934 – June 9, 2020) was a Democratic politician from Florida. She served three different times in the Florida Senate: from 1980 to 1992, 2002 to 2008, and 2010 to 2016. She served as Senate President f ...
, who had drawn her home in
Dade County into the district.
The Shaw–Margolis race was highly competitive. Both campaigns were full of energy and raised thousands of dollars in campaign contributions. The campaigns highlighted the other candidates' records. She claimed that Shaw voted to "decriminalize drugs" while in Washington. Shaw called the claim "an absolute falsehood". She fought back concerns about her involvement with the failed Miami Beach Savings & Loan. In March 1992, the Resolute Trust Corporation filed suit against Margolis and other bank directors claiming they approved speculative loans and were responsible for $4.5 million in losses. In the end, however, Shaw cruised to victory in November, claiming 58% of the general election vote.
;1994
Shaw won re-election with 63% of the vote against Democratic nominee Hermine Weiner.
Shaw was a supporter of the Republican
Contract with America
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that helped sweep the
Republican Party to control of the United States Congress for the first time in forty years.
;1996
Shaw won re-election with 62% of the vote against Democratic nominee Ken Cooper.
;1998
Shaw was re-elected unopposed.
;2000
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Seeking his 10th term in Congress, Shaw faced a challenge in state Representative
Elaine Bloom. Bloom declared her candidacy in June 1999. Aided by the Democratic presidential ticket of
Al Gore
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Gore was the Democratic Part ...
and
Joe Lieberman
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, Bloom was making the race competitive.
In early October it was reported that Bloom served on the board of a Florida pharmaceutical company that was accused of price fixing. Bloom denied the accusations, yet press reports, including a piece on ''Nightline'', highlighted the price fixing scandal. Bloom remained on defense for the remainder of the campaign. Ultimately, Shaw won by 599 votes out of more than 220,000 votes cast. It was only the second difficult re-election contest for Shaw. The district, once a Republican-leaning swing district, swung Democratic in the early 1990s along with much of South Florida. In 2000, Al Gore defeated
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...
in the district by 52% to 48%.
;2002
Following Shaw's extremely close race in 2000, the state legislature, now controlled by Republicans, cut out the heavily Democratic spur of
Miami-Dade County
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that had been added in the 1990s round of redistricting, pushing it further into
Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County is a county located in the southeastern part of Florida and lies directly north of Broward County and Miami-Dade County. The county had a population of 1,492,191 as of the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous county ...
. Although the district was friendlier for Shaw than its predecessor, it was only slightly less Democratic than its predecessor (even though Republicans had a small plurality of registered voters). Shaw was re-elected with 61% of the vote against Democrat
Carol Roberts, a former
Palm Beach County
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commissioner
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In practice, the title of commissioner has evolved to in ...
.
;2004
Shaw won re-election with 63% of the vote against a last-minute replacement Democratic candidate,
Robin Rorapaugh. His original opponent, Jim Stork, dropped out before the election for medical reasons, but his name remained on the ballot.
John Kerry
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defeated George W. Bush in the district by a margin of 50% to 48%.
;2006
Shaw was defeated in the general election by Democratic State Senator
Ron Klein
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, who won by a 51% to 48% margin.
After his 2006 loss, Shaw donated his official Congressional papers (totaling more than 100 linear feet) and memorabilia to his alma mater,
Stetson University
Stetson University is a private university with four colleges and schools located across the I–4 corridor in Central Florida with the primary undergraduate campus in DeLand. The university was founded in 1883 and was later established in 1887 ...
. The Shaw Collection includes policy notebooks, plaques, awards, videos, letters from U.S. presidents, a number of signed and framed bills with the presidential signing pens, and more than 2,500 photos.
Tenure
;E. Clay Shaw Jr. 17th Street Causeway Bridge
In 2002, the newly constructed 17th Street Causeway bridge reopened to Fort Lauderdale traffic. As a result of federal funding secured by the Congressman Shaw, the Florida Legislature approved a resolution naming the 17th Street bridge the E. Clay Shaw Jr. Bridge.
;Missing Children's Act
Swept into office as part of the Reagan Revolution, Shaw quickly found himself at the center of a national tragedy following the death of 7-year-old constituent Adam Walsh. As a result of this tragedy, Shaw introduced the Missing Children's Act of 1982. The legislation allowed parents access to a central computer file designed to trace missing children. President Reagan signed the legislation on October 12, 1982.
Shaw was honored for his efforts and continued support for missing and exploited children in 2004, with other members of Congress, by the
Center for Missing and Exploited Children and its founder
John Walsh.
;
Posse Comitatus
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As a member of the House Judiciary Committee, Shaw aggressively supported legislation to fight the
war on drugs
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. In fall 1986, Shaw lamented that illegal drugs were "the biggest threat we have ever had to our national security."
To combat the rise of illegal drug trafficking and its impact on Americans, in May 1988 the House of Representatives voted 385 to 23 authorizing 45 days for President Reagan to mobilize U.S. armed forces in the fight against illegal drug trafficking. The legislation required the U.S. military to halt illegal drug trafficking into the southern portions of the United States while requiring the Pentagon to begin aerial radar coverage of the U.S. southern border. The legislation amended the Civil War-era
Posse Comitatus Act
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which prohibited the military from enforcing civilian laws. Calling the overwhelming bipartisan vote the end of a defeatist "Vietnam type mentality toward the war on drugs", Shaw solidified his standing as a leader in the war on drugs.
;Welfare reform
Shaw said in 1994, "The inscription at the base of the
Statue of Liberty
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was written before welfare. People come to this country to work. Now the question becomes, Are these handouts a magnet that is bringing people into this country? To some degree, they are."
As a result of the Republican takeover of the United States Congress following the 1994 mid-term elections, Shaw was awarded with his first chairmanship of his Congressional career. As a senior member of the
Ways and Means Committee, Shaw was tapped to chair the Human Resources Subcommittee. This move was significant, for included in the Republican Contract with America was a commitment to reform of the nation's welfare system.
Shaw began work on reforming welfare in 1995 by holding numerous committee hearings and public sessions to identify problems within the welfare system. Working with state governors such as Florida Governor Lawton Chiles, Michigan Governor
John Engler
John Mathias Engler (born October 12, 1948) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th Governor of Michigan from 1991 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he later worked for Business Roundtable, where ''The Hill'' c ...
, Wisconsin Governor
Tommy Thompson
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and Delaware Governor
Tom Carper
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, Shaw began crafting legislation that shifted the federal focus of social welfare to an emphasis on personal responsibility. After two presidential vetoes by President Bill Clinton, welfare reform was finally signed into law on August 22, 1996.
Committee assignments
;House Ways and Means Committee
Shaw was the second most senior Republican on the House Ways and Means committee at the time he left Congress, having assumed that position after
Phil Crane
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lost in his bid for re-election.
;Trade subcommittee
From 2005 to 2007, Shaw chaired the Ways and Means Trade subcommittee and was actively involved in the passage of the United States free trade agreement between a number of
Central America
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n nations and the Dominican Republic. As chairman, Shaw and his fellow Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee voted the trade agreement out of committee on a straight party line vote.
Shortly thereafter the House passed, by a vote of 217–215, the Dominican Republic Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) to open U.S. exports up, duty-free, to the Central American nations of the
Dominican Republic
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,
Costa Rica
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,
El Salvador
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,
Guatemala
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,
Honduras
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and
Nicaragua
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. President
George W. Bush
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signed the United States-DR-CAFTA Free Trade Agreement on August 3, 2005, with Shaw and other members of Congress present.
In addition, Shaw was a strong supporter of U.S. export opportunities to the impoverished nation of
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
.
;Social Security Subcommittee
From 1999 to 2005, he was a chairman of the Social Security Subcommittee. As chairman of the Social Security committee, Shaw introduced legislation to repeal the Social Security Earnings Penalty. In March 2000, the House of Representatives, by a vote of 422–0 passed the Social Security Earnings Penalty repeal. Following Senate approval, President
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...
signed the bill into law. The new law allows seniors ages 65 to 69 to continue working without the fear of losing their Social Security benefits.
;Human Resources Subcommittee
From 1995 to 1998, Shaw chaired the Human Resources subcommittee. Following the 1994 Republican takeover of Congress, Shaw was named as chair of this important House committee. Having introduced legislation previously to reform welfare, he found himself in a key post to enact much-needed reform. As a result of his efforts, the welfare system was drastically changed and replaced with an emphasis on personal responsibility. Welfare reform was the hallmark of Shaw's congressional career.
;Florida Congressional Delegation chairman
Shaw was also the chairman of the Florida delegation from 1996 until leaving office in 2007. In this capacity, Shaw coordinated activities by the delegation including bipartisan delegation meetings. In this capacity, he facilitated discussion amongst Florida colleagues on particular issues or topics and invited special guests to address the delegation including Governor
Jeb Bush
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (born February 11, 1953) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. Bush, who grew up in Houston, was the second son of former President George H. W. Bush a ...
,
Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Director
David Paulison, and federal and state officials.
;House 2015 caucus
In 2003, following lung cancer surgery, Shaw, along with Minnesota Congressman
Colin Peterson
Collin Clark Peterson (born June 29, 1944) is an American accountant and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1991 to 2021. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, or the DFL. he was chairman of the Hous ...
, founded the House 2015 Caucus. The purpose of the 2015 Caucus was to find a cure for cancer or treat it as a manageable disease by 2015. Members of the caucus expressed their desire to eliminate cancer disease and suffering by 2015.
Shaw was also a member of the Congressional Arts Caucus, Congressional Fire Services Caucus, Congressional Narcotics Abuse and Control Caucus, Congressional Social Security Caucus, Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, Friends of Ireland, Law Enforcement Caucus and Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus. He was also the co-chair of the Congressional Boating Caucus, Congressional Coastal Caucus and International Conservation Caucus.
Post-congressional career
In 2007, following his departure from Congress, Shaw provided his entire Congressional collection to his alma mater,
Stetson University
Stetson University is a private university with four colleges and schools located across the I–4 corridor in Central Florida with the primary undergraduate campus in DeLand. The university was founded in 1883 and was later established in 1887 ...
. The Shaw collection is housed at the university's duPont-Ball library in
DeLand, Florida
DeLand is a city in central Florida. It is the county seat of Volusia County. The city sits approximately north of the central business district of Orlando, and approximately west of the central business district of Daytona Beach. As of the 2020 ...
.
In 2008, Clay Shaw was named a
Great Floridian
Great Floridian is a title bestowed upon citizens in the state of Florida by the Florida Department of State. There were actually two formal programs. The Great Floridian 2000 program honored deceased individuals who made "significant contribution ...
by the Florida Department of State, an honor extended to individuals who made major contributions to the progress and welfare of the state of Florida. Shaw's honor was advocated by state House Representative
Adam Hasner (R-Delray Beach). Clay Shaw remained active in the Ft. Lauderdale community, including chairing the recent celebration of Ft. Lauderdale's founding.
Personal life
Shaw and his wife Emilie had four children Emilie "Mimi" Carter, Jennifer Wilder, E. Clay Shaw III and J.C. Shaw and 15 grandchildren Charles Wyatt Carter, Emilie Martin, Rita Carter, Casey Carter, Keeley Iriondo, Ashton Brown, Hogan Wilder, Chandler Wilder, Reagan Shaw, E. Clay Shaw IV, David Baker Shaw, Hampton Shaw, Dakota Shaw, McGregor Shaw and Keegan Shaw. .
Shaw died September 10, 2013, after a battle with
lung cancer
Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma (since about 98–99% of all lung cancers are carcinomas), is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissue (biology), tissues of the lung. Lung carcinomas derive from tran ...
.
He was 74. He is buried in
Cuba, Alabama
Cuba is a town in Sumter County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 346, down from 363 in 2000.
History
The Cuba post office existed prior to 1850, with nothing in the present-day area of the town of Cuba but wilderness ...
.
See also
*
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) is a United States federal law passed by the 104th United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton. The bill implemented major changes to ...
References
External links
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Voting record maintained by the Washington PostThe E. Clay Shaw Collection at the Stetson University Library
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