Background
Pierce, Clayton Baxter was born on October 27, 1889 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Charles Melvin and Maggie Ellen (Chalfant) Pierce.
Pierce, Clayton Baxter was born on October 27, 1889 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Charles Melvin and Maggie Ellen (Chalfant) Pierce.
Student, Baker University, 1912. Bachelor of Laws, Baker University, 1914.
Superintendent schools, Merriam, Kansas, 1912-1914; practiced in, Kansas City, 1914-1917; practiced in, Tulsa, 1922-1925; senior partner, Pierce, Duncan Couch & Hendrickson, Oklahoma City, from 1925. Counsel Oklahoma Farm Bureau, from 1948.
Captain Field Artillery United States Army, 1917-1920, European Theatre of Operations. Member International Association Insurance Counsel, American Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar. Association (president 1938), American Civil Liberties Union (board directors 1965-1968), Delta Theta Phi, Masons.
Married Gladys Fay Means, Jan, 11, 1918.