Senate Committees:

73rd General Assembly – Apportionment; Appropriations; Conservation, Parks, Forestry and Natural Resources; Correctional Institutions; Mental Health; the Metropolitan Committee; and Workmen’s Compensation.

74th General Assembly – Appropriations; Apportionment; Conservation, Parks, Forestry and Natural Resources; Correctional Institutions; Mental Health; and Workmen’s Compensation.

75th General Assembly – Appropriations; Elections; Interstate Cooperation; Mental Health; and Public Welfare (elevated by Pro Tem to the Bills Perfected and Ordered Printed Committee during session). 

76th General Assembly – Appropriations; Apportionment; Elections, Military, Veteran and Naval Affairs; Fiscal Affairs; Industrial Development; Interstate Cooperation; Labor and Management; Mental Health; Municipal Corporations; Railroads and Private Corporations; Rules and Joint Rules; State Budget Control; and Ways and Means.

77th General Assembly – Apportionment, Elections, Military and Veterans Affairs; Appropriations; Bills Perfected and Ordered Printed and Bills Agreed to and Finally Passed; Gubernatorial Appointments; Interstate Cooperation; Labor and Management Relations; Reorganization (Little Hoover Commission); Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Miscellaneous Bills; Budget Control; and State Fiscal Affairs.

78th General Assembly – Appropriations; Budget Control; Constitutional Amendments and Reorganization; Gubernatorial Appointments; Interstate Cooperation; Labor and Management Relations; Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Miscellaneous Bills; and State Fiscal Affairs.

79th General Assembly – Appropriations; Budget Control; Constitutional Amendments and Reorganization; Gubernatorial Appointments; Interstate Cooperation; Labor and Management Relations; Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Miscellaneous Bills; State Fiscal Affairs; and State Tax Structure Study Commission.

80th General Assembly – Appropriations; Budget Control; Constitutional Amendments and Reorganization; Gubernatorial Appointments; Interstate Cooperation; Labor and Management Relations; Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Miscellaneous Bills; and State Fiscal Affairs.

81st General Assembly – Appropriations; State Budget Control; State Fiscal Affairs; Gubernatorial Appointments; Labor and Management Relations; and Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Miscellaneous Bills.

82nd General Assembly – Appropriations; Budget Control; Fiscal Affairs (statutory); Gubernatorial Appointments; Judiciary; Labor and Management Relations; Rules, Joint Rules and Resolutions.

83rd General Assembly – Appropriations; Gubernatorial Appointments; Labor and Management Relations; Rules, Joint Rules and Resolutions; State Budget Control; and Ways and Means.

A. Clifford Jones served the people of the 7th District (part of St. Louis County). Born in St. Louis, he graduated from Princeton with a Bachelor of Arts degree; and from Washington University, earning a Bachelor of Laws degree. Senator Jones served in the U.S. Navy in World War II. A business executive and lawyer, he served as Ladue City Clerk from 1948-1950. Senator Jones was elected to the House of Representatives and served from 1950-1958. He served as Majority Caucus Chairman during the special sessions of 1953 and 1954, and Minority Caucus Chairman during the 69th General Assembly. He was elected to the Senate in 1964. Senator Jones served as Republican Caucus Chairman in the 74th General Assembly, and Minority Floor Leader during the 75th, 76th, 77th and 78th General Assemblies. (Republican)

Official Manual of the State of Missouri: 1987-1988