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Clement Comer Clay

1789 - 1866

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Clement Comer Clay (December 17, 1789 – September 6, 1866) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Clement Comer Clay is the 18,475th most popular politician (down from 18,046th in 2024), the 15,036th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,082nd in 2019) and the 1,186th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Clement Comer Clay ranks 18,475 out of 19,576. Before him are Grazia Zafferani, Ralf Krewinkel, Kim Jae-yup, Anna Kinberg Batra, Brock Adams, and Jozef Stümpel. After him are Ahmed Patel, Zbigniew Ziobro, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Josefina Vázquez Mota, Mariusz Błaszczak, and Mirela Kumbaro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1789, Clement Comer Clay ranks 53. Before him are Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul, Agustín Durán, Martín Javier Mina y Larrea, Thomas Ewing, José Ramón Rodil, 1st Marquess of Rodil, and Levi Woodbury.  Among people deceased in 1866, Clement Comer Clay ranks 55. Before him are Matvey Gusev, Lewis Cass, Manuel Felipe de Tovar, William Henry Harvey, John Keble, and Robert F. Stockton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clement Comer Clay ranks 15,041 out of 20,380. Before him are Brock Adams (1927), Brigette Lundy-Paine (1994), Max Thieriot (1988), Jason Gedrick (1965), Fred Tatasciore (1967), and Johnny Lewis (1983). After him are Joyce DeWitt (1949), Kendrick Nunn (1995), Inspectah Deck (1970), Daniel M. Tani (1961), Russell Hoban (1925), and Mitch Kapor (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Clement Comer Clay ranks 1,186. Before him are Ben Cayetano (1939), Christopher C. Miller (1965), Edward Bates (1793), Richard Burr (1955), Newton Booth (1825), and Brock Adams (1927). After him are Bill Clements (1917), Carl Hayden (1877), Jerry Moran (1954), George W. Norris (1861), Sheldon Whitehouse (1955), and Barney Frank (1940).

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