# Edward Quick

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'''Edward E. Quick''' (February 16, 1935<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite book | author = Rebecca McDowell Cook | year = | title = Official Manual State of Missouri 1997-1998 | publisher = | location = | id = | pages = 116}}</ref> – August 27, 2016<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansascity/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=181224942 |title=Obituary: Senator Edward E. Quick |website=Kansas City Star via Legacy.com}}</ref>) was an American [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) politician who served in the [Missouri Senate](/source/Missouri_Senate) as majority leader, minority leader, and Pro Tem,<ref name="ReferenceB"/> represented [Clay County, Missouri](/source/Clay_County%2C_Missouri), for 20 years.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> He also served on the [Kansas City](/source/Kansas_City%2C_Missouri) city council between the mid-1970s and the mid-1980s<ref name="ReferenceB"/> and as Clay County presiding commissioner for four years until 2010.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article98338812.html |title=Ed Quick, long-time state senator who represented Clay County, dies at 81 |accessdate=2018-06-02}}</ref> One of his accomplishments was becoming the first [president pro tempore](/source/president_pro_tempore) for the Missouri Senate from Kansas City in four decades.

Born in [Rich Hill, Missouri](/source/Rich_Hill%2C_Missouri), Quick attended school in [Higginsville, Missouri](/source/Higginsville%2C_Missouri). He had worked as a compliance officer for a wood product company<ref name="ReferenceB"/> and a Kansas City firefighter. Quick died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 2016 at age 81.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

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