Clement Comer Clay

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Clement Comer Clay
8th Governor of Alabama
In office 1835 – 1837
Lieutenant(s)	None
Preceded by	John Gayle
Succeeded by	Hugh McVay

Born	December 17, 1789 Halifax County, Virginia
Died	September 7, 1866 Huntsville, Alabama
Political party	Democratic

Clement Comer Clay (December 17, 1789–September 7, 1866) was the Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1835 to 1837. Born in 1789 in Halifax County, Virginia, he resigned when he was appointed to the United States Senate, where he served from June 19, 1837 until his resignation on November 15, 1841.

In 1836, Governor Clay signed a legislative act which chartered the third oldest Jesuit college in the United States, Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, and gave it "full power to grant or confer such degree or degrees in the arts and sciences, or in any art or science as are usually granted or conferred by other seminaries of learning in the United States." He died in 1866 in Huntsville, Alabama.

Preceded by John Gayle	Governor of Alabama 1835—1837	Succeeded by Hugh McVay
Preceded by John McKinley	United States Senator (Class 3) from Alabama 1837–1841 Served alongside: William R. King	Succeeded by Arthur P. Bagby