Clay family

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The Clays were an influential nineteenth century U.S. political and business dynasty.

[edit] List of Clays

Brutus Junius Clay (1808-1878), U.S. Congressman from Kentucky.

Cassius Marcellus Clay (abolitionist) (1810-1903), publisher, U.S. general, U.S. minister to Russia.

Clement Claiborne Clay (1816-1882), U.S. Senator from Alabama.

Clement Comer Clay (1789- 1866), U.S. Senator from Alabama.

Green Clay (1757-1828), member of the Virginia and Kentucky legislatures; Speaker of the Kentucky Senate.

Green Clay Smith (1826-1895), U.S. Congressman from Kentucky and Territorial Governor of Montana.

Henry Clay (1777-1852), U.S. Representative and Senator from Kentucky; Speaker of the House of Representatives; U.S. Secretary of State.

Henry Clay, Jr. (1811-1847), Lt. Col. in the Second Kentucky Regiment, killed in the Battle of Buena Vista.

Henry “Harry” Clay (1849-1884), arctic explorer; candidate for Kentucky House of Representatives.

James Brown Clay (1817-1864), U.S. Chargé d’Affaires at Lisbon, Portugal; U.S. Representative from Kentucky; member of the Peace conference of 1861; commissioned to raise a regiment for the Confederate States of America.

James Brown Clay (1848-1906), aide-de-camp to Major General John C. Breckinridge.

John Morrison Clay (1821-1887), thoroughbred racer and breeder.

Josephine Russell Clay (1835-1920), thoroughbred breeder and author.

Laura Clay (1849-1941), a leader in the women's suffrage movement.

Mary Barr Clay (1839-1924), president of the American Woman Suffrage Association.

Matthew Clay (1754-1815), U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Matthew Clay (c.1795-1827), member of the Alabama Senate.

Nestor Clay (1799-1835), Texas pioneer; representative at the 1832 and 1833 Texas Conventions.

Susan Clay Sawitzky (1897-1981), U.S. poet.

Tacitus Thomas Clay (1824-1868), mayor of Independence, Texas; Confederate army officer.

Thomas Clay (b 1750), member of the first Kentucky Constitutional Convention.

Thomas C. McCreery (1816-1890), U.S. Senator from Kentucky.

Thomas Hart Clay (1803-1871), U.S. minister to Nicaragua and Honduras.

Thomas Jacob Clay (1853-1939) Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, who participated in the second capture of Geronimo.

[edit] External links

Clay Family Papers at the Library of Congress http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?faid/faid:@field(DOCID+ms000010)

James Brown Clay http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000483; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7668824

Laura Clay http://www.kdla.ky.gov/resources/kylauraclay.htm

Mary Barr Clay http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8883872

Nestor Clay http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/CC/fcl20.html

Tacitus Thomas Clay http://texas-brigade.com/clay_letters.htm; http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/CC/ccc3.html

Thomas Jacob Clay http://www.stjohnks.net/santafetrail/fort-union-nm/fu-oliva-7c.html;

Various family members active in politics http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#R9M0ISR79