Background
Herring, Clyde Edsel was born on March 24, 1915 in Des Moines. Son of Clyde L. and E. Pearl (Spinney) Herring.
Herring, Clyde Edsel was born on March 24, 1915 in Des Moines. Son of Clyde L. and E. Pearl (Spinney) Herring.
Bachelor of Arts, State University Iowa, 1937. Bachelor of Laws, Drake U., 1940, Juris Doctor, 1968.
Admitted to Iowa bar, 1940, District of Columbia Bar, 1965. Member firm Davis, Huebner, Johnson, Herring & Burt, Des Moines, 1955-1960. Assistant county attorney, Polk County, Iowa, 1947-1948.
County attorney, 1951-1952, 53-54. District director Bureau Census, 1949-1950. Commissioner Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, 1959-1964.
Practice law, Washington, 1964-1976. Democratic candidate for government Iowa, 1954.
Served to captain United States Army.
Married Mary Lou Becker, August 7, 1945. Children: Victoria Louise, Mary Jane.