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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).
Oct 22, 2022 · More than a decade after she was emancipated — and Clement Claiborne Clay, her enslaver, was disgraced as a traitor to the United States and imprisoned for his suspected role in President ...
Jul 7, 2023 · Clement Claiborne Clay (1816-1882) was a legislator and lawyer who was a strong advocate of secession. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Congress and then in Canada as an agent of the Confederate government working to undermine the Union.
Clement Claiborne Clay (1816-1882) was a lawyer, U. S. Senator, Confederate diplomat, planter, and enslaver from Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. He was married to Virginia Carolina (Tunstall) Clay (1825-1915).
Clement Claiborne Clay, 1816–82, U.S. Senator (1853–61), b. Huntsville, Ala. A legislator and then a judge in his native state, he was twice elected to the U.S. Senate and became an ardent defender of the states' rights doctrine.
Biographical information of Clement Claiborne Clay, first child of Clement Comer and Susanna (Withers) Clay. He was born on 13 December 1816 near Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. Clement graduated at the University of Alabama in the class of 1834. Afterwards he went to the University of Virginia for three years and studied law.
Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr., the oldest son of former Alabama senator and governor, Clement Comer Clay, was born on 13 December 1816, in Huntsville, Alabama. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1834 and from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, in 1839.
