R. Clayton 'Clay' Mitchell Jr. (April 16, 1936 – June 13, 2019) was an American politician and the Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates in the United States.
Four years later (1970), he won election to the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 36, which spreads across the northern Eastern Shore between the Delaware state line and the Chesapeake Bay.
He became chair of the Eastern Shore delegation in 1974, and a decade later took over as chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee.
[2] After retiring from the House of Delegates, Mitchell continued to be actively involved in his community.
[5] In addition, he was a Director of the Second National Bank of Maryland and a member of the Board of Visitors and Governors of Washington College.