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Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. (1816-1882) — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,December13, 1816.Democrat. Member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1842; state court judge inAlabama, 1846;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1853-61;Senatorfrom Alabama in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.Suspected of conspiring with otherConfederatestoassassinatePresidentAbrahamLincoln, he wasimprisonedfor nearly a year after the war.Slaveowner. Died near Gurley,MadisonCounty, Ala.,January3, 1882 (age65 years, 21days).Interment atMapleHill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.

	Relatives: SonofClementComer Clay; married,February1, 1843, to Virginia Caroline Tunstall (who later marriedDavidClopton); second cousin twice removed ofMatthewClay (1754-1815) andGreenClay; third cousin once removed ofHenryClay (1777-1852),PorterClay,MatthewClay (c.1795-1827),BrutusJunius Clay (1808-1878) andCassiusMarcellus Clay; fourth cousin ofThomasHart Clay,JamesBrown Clay andBrutusJunius Clay (1847-1932); fourth cousin once removed ofHenryClay (1849-1884).
		Political families:Clayfamily of Kentucky;Ligon-Clay-Cloptonfamily of Montgomery and Tuskegee, Alabama (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on Confederate States $1 notes in 1862-64.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article