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Clement Comer Clay (December 17, 1789 – September 6, 1866) 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 .
Apr 5, 2024 · Clement Comer Clay, 1835 Beginning his political career in Alabama as a leading member of the influential Broad River political machine, Clement Comer Clay (1789–1866) ultimately found favor with the voters of the state as a Jacksonian Democrat.
CLEMENT COMER CLAY, Alabama’s eighth governor, was born in Halifax County, Virginia, and as a child moved to a farm near Knoxville, Tennessee. He attended public schools and graduated from Blount College in 1807.
Clement Comer Clay was one of 44 men who helped create and sign the Alabama Constitution in 1819. Three of those 44 men are buried in Maple Hill Cemetery. Clement Comer Clay is buried there along with 2 other signers and 5 Governors of the state in addition to many other notable Americans.
Sep 24, 2018 · Clement Comer Clay 1789–1866 One of the first graduates (1807) of UT (as East Tennessee College), Clement Clay was the first graduate to achieve regional and national prominence.
Clement Comer Clay (1789-1866) was governor of Alabama from 1835-37. Prior to becoming governor, he was a member of the Alabama territorial council, a state court judge, the first Alabama Supreme Court chief justice, and a U.S. congressman representing Alabama.
Clement Comer Clay 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.
