Walter Clayton

Background

Following his father, Ransom F. Clayton, into the building business, Clayton was very active over a period of 35 years designing and building homes in Brooklyn.

Career

In his youth, Clayton"s parents moved him and his family to Brooklyn, New New York Clayton was a conservative politician. Clayton was a respected legislator who, after serving in the Assembly for five years, returned to his building business in 1925.

Achievements

• As the founder of the New York State Motion Picture Censorship Commission, one of the more controversial pieces of legislation that he passed was a motion picture censorship bill in 1923.

Membership

Elected as a Republican in 1921 to represent the 21st Assembly District of Flatbush in the New York State Assembly, Clayton continued on as a member of that body for an additional four more years, sitting in the 144th, 145th, 146th, 147th, and 148th New York State Legislatures. Clayton was made the chairman of the Cities Committee in his final year of political office, as well as a member of the Rules Committee.