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Apr 5, 2024 · Grateful legislators—many of whom were themselves debtors to the Bank of Alabama—unanimously elected Clay to the U.S. Senate to succeed John McKinley, who had been appointed by Pres. Martin Van Buren to the U.S. Supreme Court. Clay resigned as governor and took his Senate seat in September 1837.
Alabama was admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819. The state elects U.S. senators to class 2 and class 3. Its United States Senate seats were declared vacant from March 1861 to July 1868 due to its secession from the Union during the American Civil War.
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.
December 16. Clement C. Clay Jr. of Huntsville, who began his Senate service in 1853, became chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce (today's Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation), a position he held from 1857 to 1861.
Jul 7, 2023 · By October, however, he had announced his candidacy for a seat in the Senate of the newly formed Confederate State of America (CSA). Clay won a hard-fought battle with Butler County native Thomas Watts, who later would become governor in 1863. The election required 10 ballots to reach a decision, and Clay failed to carry his own Union ...
Clay tutored him successfully, until Senator Clay received the degree with high honors." - Alabama Biography • "He practiced law for two years with his father, Gov. Clay; then became editor of the 'Huntsville Democrat.'
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Aug 11, 2023 · In the mid-1840s, Alabama Whigs were buffeted by national party differences between now-Sen. Henry Clay and Pres. John Tyler. Despite his affiliation with the Whig Party, Tyler did not automatically approve Whig legislative initiatives.
