Thomas Clayton

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Thomas Clayton
United States Senator from Delaware
In office January 9, 1837 – March 3, 1847
Preceded by	John M. Clayton
Succeeded by	Presley Spruance
In office January 8, 1824 – March 3, 1827
Preceded by	Caesar Augustus Rodney[1]
Succeeded by	Louis McLane
Chief Justice of Delaware
In office January 18, 1832 – January 9, 1837
Preceded by	Samuel M. Harrington
Succeeded by	John M. Clayton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware's first at-large district
In office March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817
Preceded by	Henry M. Ridgely
Succeeded by	Louis McLane
5th Attorney General of Delaware
In office 1810–1815
Governor	George Truitt Joseph Haslet
Preceded by	Edward W. Gilpin
Succeeded by	George P. Fisher
Member of the Delaware Senate
In office January 3, 1821 – January 6, 1824
Member of the Delaware House of Representatives
In office January 4, 1803 – January 19, 1808 January 1, 1811 – January 3, 1815
Personal details
Born	July 1777 Cecil County, Maryland
Died	August 21, 1854(1854-08-21) (aged 77) New Castle, Delaware
Political party	Federalist National Republican Whig
Spouse	Jennette Macomb
Parent	Joshua Clayton (father)
Residence	Dover, Delaware
Alma mater	Newark Academy
Profession	Lawyer politician

Thomas Clayton (July 1777 – August 21, 1854) was an American lawyer and politician from Dover in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party and later the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. He served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Attorney General of Delaware, as Secretary of State of Delaware, as Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, as U.S. Representative from Delaware, and as U.S. Senator from Delaware. In 1846 he was one of two members of the United States Senate to vote against declaring war on Mexico.