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Clement Comer Clay
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| Clement Comer Clay | |
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| In office 1835 – 1837 |
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| Preceded by | John Gayle |
| Succeeded by | Hugh McVay |
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| Born | December 17, 1789 Halifax County, Virginia |
| Died | September 7, 1866 Huntsville, Alabama |
| Political party | Democratic |
Clement Comer Clay (December 17, 1789–September 7, 1866) was the Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1835 to 1837. Born in 1789 in Halifax County, Virginia, he resigned when he was appointed to the United States Senate, where he served from June 19, 1837 until his resignation on November 15, 1841.
In 1836, Governor Clay signed a legislative act which chartered the third oldest Jesuit college in the United States, Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, and gave it "full power to grant or confer such degree or degrees in the arts and sciences, or in any art or science as are usually granted or conferred by other seminaries of learning in the United States." He died in 1866 in Huntsville, Alabama.
| Preceded by John Gayle |
Governor of Alabama 1835—1837 |
Succeeded by Hugh McVay |
| Preceded by John McKinley |
United States Senator (Class 3) from Alabama 1837–1841 Served alongside: William R. King |
Succeeded by Arthur P. Bagby |
| Governors of Alabama |  |
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| W. Bibb • T. Bibb • Pickens • Murphy • G. Moore • S. Moore • Gayle • Clay • McVay • Bagby • Fitzpatrick • Martin • Chapman • Collier • Winston • A. Moore • Shorter • Watts • Parsons • Patton • Swayne • Smith • Lindsay • Lewis • Houston • Cobb • E.A. O'Neal • Seay • T. Jones • Oates • Johnston • Jelks • Samford • Jelks • Cunningham • Jelks • Comer • E. O'Neal • Henderson • Kilby • Brandon • McDowell • Brandon • Graves • Miller • Graves • Dixon • Sparks • Folsom Sr. • Persons • Folsom Sr. • Patterson • G. Wallace • L. Wallace • Brewer • G. Wallace • Beasley • G. Wallace • James • G. Wallace • Hunt • Folsom Jr. • James • Siegelman • Riley |
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