Claxton, Kate
actress, was born in 1848 in New York city. She first appeared with Lotta in Chicago, but attracted no attention until the production of Led Astray, in 1873.
CLAY, ALEXANDER STEPHENS, United States senator, was born Sept. 25 -, in Cobb county, Ga. He was elected a member of the city council in 1880 and re-elected in 1881; and in 1884-85 and 1886-87 represented Cobb county in the general assembly of the state. In the latter term he was elected speaker protempore; was re-elected for 1889-90, and served as speaker for two years. In 1892 he was elected to the state senate, and served as president of that body for two years. In 1894 he was elected chairman of the state democratic executive committee, and conducted the state campaign between the democrats and populists that year, and was re-elected to the same position in 1896, and still occupies the place. He was elected to the United States senate as a democrat for term of 1897-1903.