Clement Comer Clay was the Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1835 to 1837. Clay was born in Halifax County, Virginia. His father, William Clay, was an officer in the American Revolutionary War, who moved to Grainger County, Tennessee, after the war. Clay attended public schools and graduated from East Tennessee College in 1807. He was admitted to the bar in 1809 and moved to Huntsville, Alabama, where he began a law practice in 1811.
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- Clement Comer Clay was the Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1835 to 1837. Clay was born in Halifax County, Virginia. His father, William Clay, was an officer in the American Revolutionary War, who moved to Grainger County, Tennessee, after the war. Clay attended public schools and graduated from East Tennessee College in 1807. He was admitted to the bar in 1809 and moved to Huntsville, Alabama, where he began a law practice in 1811. He was a state court judge and served in the Alabama House of Representatives. Prior to being governor of Alabama he had served in the U.S. House of Representatives from March 4, 1829 until March 3, 1835.. Clay's term as governor ended early when he resigned when he was appointed to the United States Senate, where he served from June 19, 1837 until his resignation on November 15, 1841. In 1836, Governor Clay signed a legislative act which chartered the third oldest Jesuit college in the United States, Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, and gave it "full power to grant or confer such degree or degrees in the arts and sciences, or in any art or science as are usually granted or conferred by other seminaries of learning in the United States. " On 23 October 1822 he married Margaret Clay until Clement's death in 1866. They had three children, including Clement Claiborne Clay. Clement died of natural causes in 1866 aged 76. Margaret died in 1873.
- Clement Comer Clay war ein demokratischer Politiker in den Vereinigten Staaten. Er war der 8. Gouverneur von Alabama, Senator der Vereinigten Staaten und Richter am Obersten Gerichtshof von Alabama.
- Clement Comer Clay oli yhdysvaltalainen demokraattisen puolueen poliitikko. Hän toimi Alabaman kahdeksantena kuvernöörinä 1835–1837. Clay syntyi Virginiassa. Hän seurasi vuonna 1835 John Gayleä kuvernöörinä, mutta erosi vuonna 1837, jolloin hänet valittiin Yhdysvaltain senaattiin. Seuraajaksi kuvernöörille nousi Hugh McVay. Clay kuoli Huntsvillessä, Alabamassa 76-vuotiaana.
- Clement Comer Clay, född 17 december 1789 i Halifax County, Virginia, död 7 september 1866 i Huntsville, Alabama, var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker och jurist. Han var den åttonde guvernören i delstaten Alabama 1835-1837. Han representerade Alabama i båda kamrarna av, först i 1829-1835 och sedan i 1837-1841. Clay studerade juridik och inledde 1809 sin karriär som advokat. År 1820 valdes för första gången i delstatens historia chefsdomare i Alabamas högsta domstol och valet föll på Clay. Han avgick 1823 som domare i delstatens högsta domstol efter att ha utkämpat en duell med Waddy Tate. Clay blev invald i USA:s representanthus i kongressvalet 1828. Han omvaldes 1830 och 1832. Han efterträdde 1835 John Gayle som guvernör. Han avgick 1837 för att efterträda John McKinley som senator för Alabama. Han avgick fyra år senare som senator och efterträddes av Arthur P. Bagby. Clays grav finns på Maple Hill Cemetery i Huntsville. Han var släkt med senator Henry Clay; de var bryllingar. Sonen Clement Claiborne Clay var senator 1853-1861.
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- Clement Comer Clay was the Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1835 to 1837. Clay was born in Halifax County, Virginia. His father, William Clay, was an officer in the American Revolutionary War, who moved to Grainger County, Tennessee, after the war. Clay attended public schools and graduated from East Tennessee College in 1807. He was admitted to the bar in 1809 and moved to Huntsville, Alabama, where he began a law practice in 1811.
- Clement Comer Clay war ein demokratischer Politiker in den Vereinigten Staaten. Er war der 8. Gouverneur von Alabama, Senator der Vereinigten Staaten und Richter am Obersten Gerichtshof von Alabama.
- Clement Comer Clay oli yhdysvaltalainen demokraattisen puolueen poliitikko. Hän toimi Alabaman kahdeksantena kuvernöörinä 1835–1837. Clay syntyi Virginiassa. Hän seurasi vuonna 1835 John Gayleä kuvernöörinä, mutta erosi vuonna 1837, jolloin hänet valittiin Yhdysvaltain senaattiin. Seuraajaksi kuvernöörille nousi Hugh McVay. Clay kuoli Huntsvillessä, Alabamassa 76-vuotiaana.
- Clement Comer Clay, född 17 december 1789 i Halifax County, Virginia, död 7 september 1866 i Huntsville, Alabama, var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker och jurist. Han var den åttonde guvernören i delstaten Alabama 1835-1837. Han representerade Alabama i båda kamrarna av, först i 1829-1835 och sedan i 1837-1841. Clay studerade juridik och inledde 1809 sin karriär som advokat.
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