Clement Clay | |
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| Confederate States Senator from Alabama | |
| In office February 18, 1862 – February 17, 1864 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Richard Walker |
| United States Senator from Alabama | |
| In office November 29, 1853 – January 21, 1861 | |
| Preceded by | Jeremiah Clemens |
| Succeeded by | Willard Warner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Clement Claiborne Clay December 13, 1816 Huntsville, Alabama, US |
| Died | January 3, 1882 (aged 65) Gurley, Alabama, US |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Virginia Tunstall |
| Alma mater | University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa University of Virginia |
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).
He and his father, who served as a governor of Alabama and was also a U.S. senator, were among the state's most prominent enslavers, according to the Washington Post. Together the two men enslaved 87 people on four Alabama plantations as recorded in the 1860 census.[1]
- ^ Weil, Julie Zauzmer (October 22, 2022). "A slaveholding senator, an 1879 wedding and a Black family's mystery". Washington Post. Retrieved April 27, 2024.