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Thomas Clayton
United States Senator from Delaware
In office January 9, 1837 – March 3, 1847
Preceded by
John M. Clayton
Succeeded by
Presley Spruance
In office January 8, 1824 – March 3, 1827
Preceded by
Caesar A. Rodney[1]
Succeeded by
Louis McLane
Chief Justice of Delaware
In office January 18, 1832 – January 9, 1837
Preceded by
Samuel M. Harrington
Succeeded by
John M. Clayton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware's First At-large district
In office March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817
Preceded by
Henry M. Ridgely
Succeeded by
Louis McLane
5th Attorney General of Delaware
In office 1810–1815
Governor
George Truitt Joseph Haslet
Preceded by
Edward W. Gilpin
Succeeded by
George P. Fisher
Member of the Delaware Senate
In office January 3, 1821 – January 6, 1824
Member of the Delaware House of Representatives
In office January 4, 1803 – January 19, 1808 January 1, 1811 – January 3, 1815
Personal details
Born
July 1777 Cecil County, Maryland
Died
August 21, 1854(1854-08-21) (aged 77) New Castle, Delaware
Political party
Federalist National Republican Whig
Spouse
Jennette Macomb
Parent
Joshua Clayton (father)
Residence(s)
Dover, Delaware
Alma mater
Newark Academy
Profession
Lawyer
politician
Thomas Clayton (July 1777 – August 21, 1854) was an American lawyer and politician from Dover in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party and later the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. He served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Attorney General of Delaware, as Secretary of State of Delaware, as Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, as U.S. Representative from Delaware, and as U.S. Senator from Delaware. In 1846 he was one of two members of the United States Senate to vote against declaring war on Mexico.
^This seat was vacant from January 29, 1823 until January 8, 1824.
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