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and the spread of slavery into the territories. "No sentiment is more insulting or more hostile to our domestic tranquility, to our social order, and to our social existence, than is contained in the declaration that our negroes are entitled to liberty and equality with the white man," Clay said. He
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The Clays returned to Alabama and struggled to rebuild their lives living on a farm. Clay tried to practice as an attorney and entered insurance business in Huntsville, however without much success due to poor health, ultimately returning to his farm in January 1882. He died later that year in
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in a term beginning March 4, 1853; and was re-elected in 1857. Due to the legislature's delay in filling the position, he served from November 29, 1853, to January 21, 1861. In the Senate, he defended the state's rights during the political debates of the time, and opposed
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The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates: Comprising a Full and Authentic Account of the Rise and Progress of the Late Southern Confederacy – the Campaigns, Battles, Incidents, and Adventures of the Most Gigantic Struggle of the World's
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Speech of the Hon. C.C. Clay Jr. of Alabama, on the Contest in Kansas, and the Plans and Purposes of Black Republicanism: Delivered in the United States Senate, April 21, 1856.
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to the presidency as a hostile act against the Southern people which left them with no recourse other than secession in order to defend their liberty, honor, and safety.
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Speech of C. Clay Jr. of Alabama, on the Bill to Admit Kansas: Southern Rights, How Menaced by Northern Republicanism, Delivered in United States Senate, March 19, 1858.
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signed an order to arrest Clay. After learning from a newspaper that a reward was issued for his capture, Clay, who initially planned to escape to
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broke out. On January 21, six men, including Clay, resigned their seats in the United States Senate. Most made brief and temperate speeches.
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A Belle of the Fifties: Memoirs of Mrs. Clay, of Alabama, Covering Social and Political Life in Washington and the South, 1853–66
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Clay was imprisoned by the United States government under impression that he was involved in the plot to assassinate President
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Clay, however, delivered an impassioned justification for secession and a denunciation of the Northern anti-
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Speech of Hon. C. C. Clay Jr. on slavery issues. Delivered at Huntsville, Alabama, September 5th, 1859.
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In May 1864, president Davis sent Clay to Canada with a secret mission to coordinate activities of the
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A viewpoint that Johnson's role in Clay's release was an act worthy of being among the charges for
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from 1862 to 1864. His portrait appeared on the Confederate one-dollar note (4th issue and later).
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to its membership for studying. Clay-Clopton's book became part of the discourse about the
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Clay was subsequently elected by the Alabama Confederate legislature as Senator in the
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In Joy and in Sorrow: Women, Family, and Marriage in the Victorian South, 1830–1900
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Graves of Clement Claiborne Clay and Virginia Clay-Clopton at Maple Hill Cemetery
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In 1839–1846, Clay practiced law in a family law firm; in 1846–1848 he served as
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and Susanna Claiborne Withers, the daughter of well-off planter John Withers, in
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Blood And Irony: Southern White Women's Narratives of the Civil War, 1861–1937
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Democratic U.S. Senator from Alabama; Confederate States Senator from Alabama
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was one of three memoirs by southern women particularly recommended by the
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United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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in Hampton, Virginia, until April 1866. Former Confederate president
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In 1853, Clay was elected by the Alabama legislature to serve in the
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in 1833–1834. In August 1834, at the age seventeen, he received an
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Democratic Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives
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April '65: Confederate Covert Action in the American Civil War.
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April '65: Confederate Covert Action in the American Civil War.
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Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1859.
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Invasion of Harper's Ferry: Dangers and Duties of the South.
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Politics and Power in a Slave Society: Alabama, 1800–1860.
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The Clays of Alabama: A Planter-Lawyer-Politician Family.
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The Clays of Alabama: A Planter-Lawyer-Politician Family.
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played some role in her husband's release as she went to
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Confederacy’s Canadian Mission: Spies Across the Border
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After Clement's death in 1882, his widow remarried to
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It was suspected that Thompson and Clay had employed
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Democratic Party United States senators from Alabama
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1978.
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He was arrested and held in 1849: 1835: 1389: 1375: 1083: 1069: 680:. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. 496:. Clay took part in a secret meeting with 396:in 1842, and in 1844–1845. He ran for the 31: 1689:Interstate and Foreign Commerce/Commerce 644:Weil, Julie Zauzmer (October 22, 2022). 578:Johnson was voiced in the December 1867 550: 375: 2356:United States senators who owned slaves 871:website, University of North Carolina.) 839: 738: 500:, President Abraham Lincoln's aide, at 2321:Confederate States of America senators 2283: 949:Short biography on Political Graveyard 930:"Clement Claiborne Clay (id: C000480)" 717: 394:Alabama State House of Representatives 328: 1830: 1727:Commerce, Science, and Transportation 1370: 1064: 817:. United States Congress. p. 829 809: 749: 747: 442:. He denounced its resistance to the 292:, the noted statesman from Kentucky. 2301:Politicians from Huntsville, Alabama 2264: 643: 611:Clay, C.C., and William M. K. Gwin. 1092:United States senators from Alabama 358:United Daughters of the Confederacy 311:University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa 276:Clement Claiborne Clay was born to 13: 855: 759:American National Biography Online 744: 14: 2372: 903: 810:Hinds, Asher C. (March 4, 1907). 212:University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 2306:Lawyers from Huntsville, Alabama 2263: 2252: 2251: 2019: 1433: 1204: 910: 899:New York: Greenwood Press, 1975. 584:House Committee on the Judiciary 546: 428:on January 11, 1861, before the 392:judge. Clay was a member of the 364:and the burnished memory of the 333:On February 1, 1843, he married 833: 803: 788: 586:published at the conclusion of 523:, turned himself in to General 402:Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb 380:Clay depicted on a Confederate 296:, proprietor and editor of the 869:Documenting the American South 776: 764: 683: 1: 2351:19th-century American lawyers 771:Intelligence in the Civil War 630: 582:-authored majority report of 271: 238:(Democrat) from the state of 2346:19th-century American judges 2341:University of Alabama alumni 494:Knights of the Golden Circle 490:Order of the Sons of Liberty 344:, a judge, and was known as 266: 7: 1858:Confederate States senators 10: 2377: 2331:Alabama state court judges 456:First Confederate Congress 447:described the election of 418:1860 presidential election 299:Huntsville Weekly Democrat 244:Confederate States senator 45:Confederate States Senator 2246: 2147: 2028: 2017: 1864: 1726: 1688: 1610: 1442: 1431: 1406:Commerce and Manufactures 1405: 1213: 1202: 1098: 1048: 1039: 1029: 1009: 1004: 999:Confederate States Senate 997: 987: 971: 963: 956: 371: 242:from 1853 to 1861, and a 221: 205: 195: 185: 168: 144: 139: 135: 123: 111: 100: 88: 76: 66: 55: 43: 39: 30: 23: 928:United States Congress. 862:Clay-Clopton, Virginia. 605: 471:network of secret agents 307:Huntsville Green Academy 72:Constituency established 755:Clay, Clement Claiborne 556: 398:United States Congress 385: 319:University of Virginia 309:, then studied at the 228:Clement Claiborne Clay 216:University of Virginia 149:Clement Claiborne Clay 874:Nuermberger, Ruth K. 708:Nuermberger, Ruth K. 554: 502:Niagara Falls, Canada 486:Southern sympathizers 379: 348:. Clay-Clopton wrote 346:Virginia Clay-Clopton 236:United States Senator 90:United States Senator 1042:Notes and references 983:Benjamin Fitzpatrick 888:Tidwell, William A. 794:Tidwell, William A. 753:Michael B. Chesson. 674:Bleser, Carol K. R. 409:United States Senate 350:Belle of the Fifties 1611:Interstate Commerce 895:Wiley, Bell Irvin. 600:Maple Hill Cemetery 329:Marriage and family 282:Huntsville, Alabama 162:Huntsville, Alabama 1018:Served alongside: 980:Served alongside: 897:Confederate Women. 841:Pollard, Edward A. 724:Sarah E. Gardner, 557: 444:Fugitive Slave Act 430:American Civil War 386: 305:Clay attended the 278:Clement Comer Clay 2278: 2277: 1824: 1823: 1691:(1947–1977) 1613:(1887–1947) 1445:(1825–1947) 1408:(1816–1825) 1364: 1363: 1126:C. 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Confederate States Senator
Alabama
Richard Walker
United States Senator
Alabama
Jeremiah Clemens
Willard Warner
Huntsville, Alabama
Gurley, Alabama
Democratic
Virginia Tunstall
Alma mater
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
University of Virginia
United States Senator
Alabama
Confederate States senator
Alabama
father
Washington Post
Clement Comer Clay
Huntsville, Alabama
third cousin
Henry Clay
John Withers Clay
Huntsville Weekly Democrat
Huntsville Green Academy
University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
A.B. degree

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