Clement Comer Clay

Clement Comer Clay
United States Senator from Alabama
In office June 19, 1837 – November 15, 1841
Preceded by	John McKinley
Succeeded by	Arthur P. Bagby
8th Governor of Alabama
In office November 21, 1835 – July 17, 1837
Preceded by	John Gayle
Succeeded by	Hugh McVay
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 1st district
In office March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1835
Preceded by	Gabriel Moore
Succeeded by	Reuben Chapman
Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
In office 1827-1828
Personal details
Born	(1789-12-17)December 17, 1789 Halifax County, Virginia
Died	September 6, 1866(1866-09-06) (aged 76) Huntsville, Alabama
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Susanna Claiborne Withers (1798–1866; her death)
Alma mater	East Tennessee University
Profession	Politician, Governor of Alabama

Clement Comer Clay (December 17, 1789 – September 6, 1866)^[1] 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.

He and his son, who also served as a U.S. senator, were among the Alabama’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.^[2]