Democratic U.S. Senator from Alabama; Confederate States Senator from Alabama
Clement Clay
Confederate States Senator from Alabama
In office February 18, 1862 – February 17, 1864
Preceded by
Constituency established
Succeeded by
Richard Walker
United States Senator from Alabama
In office November 29, 1853 – January 21, 1861
Preceded by
Jeremiah Clemens
Succeeded by
Willard Warner
Personal details
Born
Clement Claiborne Clay
(1816-12-13)December 13, 1816 Huntsville, Alabama
Died
January 3, 1882(1882-01-03) (aged 65) Gurley, Alabama
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Virginia Tunstall
Alma mater
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa University of Virginia
Clement Claiborne Clay (December 13, 1816 – January 3, 1882), also known as C. C. Clay Jr., was a United States Senator (Democrat) from the state of Alabama from 1853 to 1861, and a Confederate States senator from Alabama from 1862 to 1864. His portrait appeared on the Confederate one-dollar note (4th issue and later).
He and his father, who served as a governor of Alabama and was also a U.S. senator, were among the state’s most prominent enslavers, according to the Washington Post. Together the two men enslaved 87 people on four Alabama plantations as recorded in the 1860 census.[1]
^Weil, Julie Zauzmer (22 October 2022). "A slaveholding senator, an 1879 wedding and a Black family's mystery". Washington Post. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
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