Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 1st district
In office March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1835
Preceded by
Gabriel Moore
Succeeded by
Reuben Chapman
Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
In office 1827-1828
Personal details
Born
(1789-12-17)December 17, 1789 Halifax County, Virginia
Died
September 6, 1866(1866-09-06) (aged 76) Huntsville, Alabama
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Susanna Claiborne Withers (1798–1866; her death)
Alma mater
East Tennessee University
Profession
Politician, Governor of Alabama
Clement Comer Clay (December 17, 1789 – September 6, 1866)[1] was the eighth Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1835 to 1837. An attorney, judge, and politician, he was elected to the state legislature as well as the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
He and his son, who also served as a U.S. senator, were among the Alabama’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.[2]
^National Governors Association
^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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