List of United States Political Families (C) - The Clays

The Clays

  • Matthew Clay (1754–1815), Virginia House Delegate 1790-1794, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1797-1813 1815. Brother of Green Clay.
  • Green Clay (1757–1826), member of the Virginia Legislature 1788-1789, member of the Kentucky Legislature 1793-1794, Kentucky State Senator 1795-1798 1807, delegate to the Kentucky Constitutional Convention 1799. Brother of Matthew Clay.
    • Matthew Clay (1795–1827), Alabama State Representative 1820-1822, Alabama State Senator 1825-1827. Son of Matthew Clay.
    • Brutus Clay (1808–1878), Kentucky State Representative 1840, U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1863-1865. Son of Green Clay.
    • Cassius M. Clay (1810–1903), Kentucky State Representative 1835-1837 1840, candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States 1860, U.S. Minister to Russia 1861-1862 1863-1869. Son of Green Clay.
    • Henry Clay (1777–1852), U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1811-1814 1815-1821 1823-1825, candidate for President of the United States 1824 1832 1844, U.S. Secretary of States 1825-1829, U.S. Senator from Kentucky 1831-1842 1849-1852. First cousin once removed of Matthew Clay and Green Clay.
    • Porter Clay (1779–1850), Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts. First cousin once removed of Matthew Clay and Green Clay.
      • Thomas Hart Clay (1803–1871), U.S. Minister to Nicaragua 1863, U.S. Minister to Honduras 1863. Son of Henry Clay.
      • Henry Clay, Jr. (1811–1847), Kentucky State Representative 1835-1837. Son of Henry Clay.
      • James B. Clay (1817–1864), Charge D'Affaires to Portugal 1849-1850, U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1847-1849, member of the Peace Conference of 1861. Son of Henry Clay.
      • Brutus J. Clay (1847–1932), delegate to the Republican National Convention 1904, U.S. Minister to Switzerland 1905-1910. Son of Cassius M. Clay.
      • W. Cassius Goodloe (1841–1889), Republican National Committeeman, U.S. Minister to Belgium 1878-1880. Nephew of Cassius M. Clay.
      • Clement C. Clay (1789–1866), Alabama Territory Councilman 1817-1818, Alabama State Court Judge 1819-1823, Alabama State Representative 1827-1828, U.S. Representative from Alabama 1829-1835, Governor of Alabama 1835-1837, U.S. Senator from Alabama 1837-1841, Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court 1843. Third cousin once removed of Thomas H. Clay, James B. Clay, and Brutus J. Clay.
        • Henry Clay (1849–1884), candidate for Kentucky State Representative 1883.Grandson of Henry Clay.
        • Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr. (1816–1882), Alabama State Representative 1842 1844 1845, Judge of the Madison County, Alabama 1846-1848; U.S. Senator from Alabama 1853-1861; Confederate States Senator 1861-1863. Son of Clement C. Clay.

NOTE: Matthew Clay was also second cousin by marriage of U.S. Representative Robert Williams, U.S. Representative Marmaduke Williams, U.S. Representative Archibald Henderson, and North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Leonard Henderson. Clay was also cousin by marriage of U.S. Senator John Williams and U.S. Representative Lewis Williams and granduncle of U.S. Senator Thomas Clay McCreery. James B. Clay was also related by marriage to U.S. Senator John Breckinridge, U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton, and U.S. Senator William Grayson.

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