Clay, Clement Claiborne – Clayton, Powell
Clay, Clement Claiborne
JR., state legislator, United States senator, was born in 1819 in Madison, Ala. He served in the legislature of Alabama in 1842, 1844 and 1845, and was elected in 1846 a judge of the Madison county court.
In 1852 he was a presidential elector, and in 1853 was elected a senator in congress from Alabama. In 1859 he was re-elected for the term of six years, receiving every vote in the legislature. He was expelled from the senate March 14, 1861, and took part in the rebellion of that year, and was subsequently confined in Fortress Monroe as a prisoner of state.
Clay, Clement Comer
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, governor, was born Dec. 17, 1789, in Halifax county, Va. He was elected a member of the territorial council of Alabama, and in 1819 was elected one of the judges of the circuit court, and in 1820 was chosen chief justice of that court. In 1828 he was elected to the state legislature, and was made speaker. He was a representative in congress from Alabama from 1827 to 1835 , and in 1835 was elected governor of Alabama, serving two years. In 1837 he was elected a senator in congress for the term ending in 1842. He died Sept. 9, 1866, in Huntsville, Ala.
Clay, Green
soldier, surveyor, state legislator, was born Aug. 14, 1757, in Powhatan county, Va. He was a representative of the Kentucky district in the Virginia legislature; a member of the convention that ratified the federal constitution, and a leading member of the Kentucky constitutional convention of 1799.
He died Oct. 31, 1826, in Kentucky.
Clay, Henry
statesman, orator, was born April 12, 1777, in Hanover county , Va. He was sent to the senate from Kentucky in 1806, and from that date, his life, time and talents were interwoven with the political welfare of his country.
He was thrice candidate for the presidency, but his adherence to principle instead of party lost for him the unanimous vote. a When warned by his friends that his compromise bill would lessen his chances for the presidency, he gave his ever-remembered reply: I would rather be right than president. He became a United States senator for nearly half a century. He died June 29, 1852, in Washington, D. C.
Clay, Henry De B
soldier, was born June 22, 1843, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1860 he graduated from Mount Pleasant military academy of Sing Sing, N. Y. He served through the civil war as captain, and after the war accompanied his regiment to the frontier, and served in Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington territory, and signed from the army in 1870. In 1876 he was called to reorganize and command as colonel the Centennial Guards, a semi-military police of twelve hundred men. In 1883 he was president of the Eastern Lunatic asylum of Williamsburg, Va., and for two years was collector of customs at Newport News.
In 1885 he was commander of the G. A. R. department of Virginia and North Carolina, and received the re-election the following year. During 1891-96 he was president of the state league of republican clubs of Virginia, and for three years was again collector of customs at Newport News, during 1890-93.
Clay, James Brown
congressman, was born in Washington City, D. C., Nov. 9, 1817. He was elected to congress in 1857, serving one term on the committee on foreign affairs, and was a member of the peace convention of 1861, held in Washington. He was identified with the rebellion of 1861. He died Jan. 26, 1864, in Montreal, Canada.
Clay, James F
state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 29, 1840, in Henderson, Ky. He was a state senator from 1872 to 1875, and was elected a representative from Kentucky to the fortyeighth congress as a democrat.
Clay, James Ralph
educator, was born Aug. 19, 1867, near Camden Pt, Mo.
He attended the Gem City Business college of Quincy, Ill., and the Normal. school of Chillicothe, Mo. He has principally been engaged in educational work, and is the vice-president of the Epworth league at Dearborn, Mo.
Clay, John Randolph
diplomat, was born in 1808 in Philadelphia, Pa.
In 1830 he went to Russia as secretary of legation, and in 1836 was appointed charge d'affaires to the same country.
In 1838 he was made secretary of legation to Austria; and in 1845 went back to Russia in the same capacity. In 1847 he was appointed charge d'affaires to Peru, and in 1853 raised to the rank of minister plenipotentiary to the same country, remaining there until 1860.
Clay, Joseph
jurist, congressman, was born in 1741. He was a delegate from Georgia to the continental congress from 1778 to 1780, and was judge of the district court of Georgia from 1796 to 1801. He was paymaster-general of the southern department during the revolution. He died Jan. 16, 1805, in Savannah, Ga.
Clay, Joseph
lawyer, jurist, clergyman, was born Aug. 16, 1764, in Savannah, Ga. He was a leading member of the state constitutional convention, and was United States district judge of Georgia from 1796-1801. He died Jan. 11, 1811, in Boston, Mass.
Clay, Matthew
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1797 to 1813. He died in 1815.
Clay, Thomas H
diplomat, was born in 1803, in Kentucky, and son of Henry Clay. In 1862 he was appointed minister resident to Nicaragua, where he remained until 1866. During the same period he was accredited as minister to Honduras.
He died March 18, 1871, in Lexington, Ky.
Claypool, Benjamin F
congressman, was born Dec. 12, 1825, in Connersville, Ind. He was in 1856 a delegate to the Philadelphia convention that nominated John C.
Fremont. In 1860 he was elected Senator from the counties of Fayette and Union. In 1874 he was the nominee for congress in the then fifth congressional district.
Became president of the National Farmers' congress.
Clayton, Alexander M
jurist.
He was an early emigrant to Arkansas when it was a territory, and in 1835 was appointed one of the United States judges for that district.
Clayton, Augustin Smith
jurist, state legislator, author, was born Nov. 27, 1783, in Fredericksburg, Va. He was appointed judge of the superior court; was a presidential elector in 1829, and was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1831 to 1835. He died June 21, 1839, at Athens, Ga.
Clayton, Benjamin F
farmer, state legislator, was born in 1839, near Carlisle, Ky. He moved to Indiana in 1855, and to Iowa in 1873. He is a successful farmer and business man; has lectured extensively, and contributed to current literature.
He has been a member of the Iowa house of representatives for three terms; and has been president of the board of trustees of Simpson college of Indianola, Iowa. For four years he has been president of the Farmers' National congress of the United States; and in 1895 was president of the Pan- American Agricultural parliament at Atlanta, Ga. In 1896 he was prominently identified as a nominee for the governorship of Iowa.
Clayton, Charles
surveyor, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1825 in England. He was a member of the state legislature in 1863-66; a member of the board of supervisors of San Francisco from 1864 to 1869; and in 1870 was appointed surveyor of customs of the port and district of San Francisco. He was elected to the forty-third congress, serving on the committees on commerce and the centennial celebration.
Clayton, Henry D
lawyer, congressman, was born in Barbour county, Ala. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Clayton, John Middleton
lawyer, United States senator, was born July 24, 1796, in Sussex county, Del. He was elected to the state legislature, and subsequently secretary of the state of Delaware. In 1829 he was chosen a senator in congress and re-elected in 1835. He was appointed chief justice of Delaware, and was again elected to the federal senate in 1845, and was a senator until 1849, when he became secretary of state under President Taylor. During this period he negotiated the famous Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and was for the third time elected to the senate, taking his seat in March, 1851.
He died Nov. 9, 1856, in Dover, Del.
Clayton, Joshua
United States senator, governor. He was president of Delaware from 1789 to 1793; governor from 1793 to 1796; and was chosen senator of the United States in 1798. He died Aug. 11, 1798, in Middletown, Del.
Clayton, Powell
soldier, railroad president, United States senator, governor, was born Aug. 7, 1833, in Bethel, Pa. He entered the union army in Kansas, and was promoted to brigadier-general in 1864. He settled in Arkansas at the close of the war as a planter; was elected governor in 1868, and United States senator in 1871, for the term ending in 1877. Since 1888 he has been president of the Eureka Springs railway.