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Barbour</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#003.31.99">Thomas Claiborne</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#209.79.40">John Claiborne</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#054.46.38">Thomas Claiborne</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochran.html#474.08.16">William Thad Cochran</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dennis.html#077.16.76">Willye F. Clayton Dennis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill5.html#459.94.98">John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jennison-jewell.html#181.25.12">Manlove Howard Jester</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vandine-vanduzer.html#859.97.64">Murray Vandiver</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#246.18.06">Ralph Waverly Wallace</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="800.67.96">Clayton, Alexander Mosby</a> (1801-1889) — also known as Alexander M. Clayton — of Lamar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/BE-lived.html">Benton County</a>, Miss. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CM-born.html">Campbell County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/01-15.html">January 15, 1801</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/tsju.html">Justice of Arkansas territorial supreme court</a>, 1832; state court judge in Mississippi, 1842-52, 1866-69; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-consuls.html ">Havana</a>, 1853; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Mississippi secession convention</a>, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/confed.html">Confederate District Judge</a>, 1861; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/MS.html">1876</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>). Died near Lamar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/BE-died.html">Benton County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/09-30.html">September 30, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 258 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/MR-buried.html#cms03638">Hillcrest Cemetery</a>, Holly Springs, Miss. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="508.65.48">Clayton, Alvah P.</a> — of St. Joseph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BU-lived.html">Buchanan County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/saintjoseph.html">Mayor of St. Joseph, Mo.</a>, 1908-12; defeated, 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="569.59.58">Clayton, Augustin Smith</a> (1783-1839) — also known as Augustin S. Clayton — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/fb-born.html">Fredericksburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/11-27.html">November 27, 1783</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1810; state court judge in Georgia, 1819; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1826; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> at-large, 1832-35. Slaveowner. Died in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/06-21.html">June 21, 1839</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 206 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-buried.html#cms00241">Oconee Hill Cemetery</a>, Athens, Ga. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CL.html">Clayton County, Ga.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000491">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402629">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="642.88.37">Clayton, Benjamin M.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 1st District, 1928, 1938 (Republican primary). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="258.12.54">Clayton, Bertram Tracy</a> (1862-1918) — also known as Bertram T. Clayton — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y.; Manila, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PH-lived.html">Philippines</a>. Born near Clayton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BR-born.html">Barbour County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/10-19.html">October 19, 1862</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 4th District, 1899-1901; defeated, 1900; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/world-war-i.html">Killed in action</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-died.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/05-30.html">May 30, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 223 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="#637.91.26">Henry De Lamar Clayton</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/06-12.html">June 12, 1887</a>, to Louise M. Brasher.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000492">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402630">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="556.45.84">Clayton, C. W.</a> — of Scottsdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/scottsdale.html">Mayor of Scottsdale, Ariz.</a>, 1964-65. Still living as of 1965. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="892.44.91">Clayton, Charles</a> (1825-1885) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Devon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/10-05.html">October 5, 1825</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 8th District, 1863-67; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 1st District, 1873-75. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/10-04.html">October 4, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 364 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-buried.html#cms00611">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Oakland, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000493">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402631">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="371.90.86">Clayton, Charles B.</a> — of Waynesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/PA.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="437.50.14">Clayton, Charles T.</a> — of Belmar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-lived.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/belmar.html#2">Belmar, N.J.</a>, 1897. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="628.89.27">Clayton, Claude Feemster</a> (1909-1969) — Born in Tupelo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LE-born.html">Lee County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/08-04.html">August 4, 1909</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi</a>, 1958-67; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit</a>, 1967-69; died in office 1969. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/07-04.html">July 4, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 334 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=451&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/clayton-claude-feemster">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="755.73.12">Clayton, Claude L.</a> — of Morehead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/RO-lived.html">Rowan County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 96th District, 1942-43. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="979.00.55">Clayton, Destiny</a> — Green. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Michigan</a>, 2022. Still living as of 2022. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="378.54.10">Clayton, Diane Kamp</a> — of Big Timber, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/SG-lived.html">Sweet Grass County</a>, Mont. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/MT.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="404.85.91">Clayton, Elgie</a> — of Emory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/RS-lived.html">Rains County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/TX.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/TX.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="587.34.04">Clayton, Elizabeth P.</a> — of New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/newcastle.html#2">New Castle, Del.</a>, 1930-34. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="326.22.10">Clayton, Ernest O.</a> — of Waynesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Pa. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/waynesburg.html#3">Waynesburg, Pa.</a>, 1955-58 (acting, 1955-56). Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="636.49.37">Clayton, Eva McPherson</a> (b. 1934) — also known as Eva M. Clayton — of North Carolina. Born in Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-born.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/09-16.html">September 16, 1934</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 1st District, 1992-2003; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NC.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/NC.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000494">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400532">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/870/000129483">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="349.69.38">Clayton, George D., Jr.</a> — of Hannibal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 13th District, 1933-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> 13th District, 1943-44. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="160.60.86">Clayton, George M.</a> — Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sbe.html">Texas state board of education</a> 12th District; elected 2010; defeated in primary, 2012. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="669.18.86">Clayton, George R.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/trea.html">Georgia state treasurer</a>, 1806-25. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="987.08.29">Clayton, George W.</a> — of Ludington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, Mich. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ludington.html#2">Ludington, Mich.</a>, 1871. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="427.94.88">Clayton, Gerald</a> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for California. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="281.79.63">Clayton, Gilbert</a> — of Lakewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/OC-lived.html">Ocean County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NJ.html">1924</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="961.23.07">Clayton, Godfrey F.</a> — of Stevens Point, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/PO-lived.html">Portage County</a>, Wis. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stevenspoint.html">Mayor of Stevens Point, Wis.</a>, 1943-46. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nJVdCsi0HsEC&pg=PA181"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/637/91.26.jpg" width=70 height=93 border=0 alt="Henry D. Clayton"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="637.91.26">Clayton, Henry De Lamar</a> (1857-1929) — also known as Henry D. Clayton — of Eufaula, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BR-lived.html">Barbour County</a>, Ala. Born near Clayton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BR-born.html">Barbour County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/02-10.html">February 10, 1857</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/AL.html">Democratic National Committee from Alabama</a>, 1888; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1890-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama</a>, 1893-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 3rd District, 1897-1914; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/AL.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/AL.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama</a>, 1914. Author of the Clayton Antitrust Act. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/12-21.html">December 21, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 314 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BR-buried.html#cms01752">Fairview Cemetery</a>, Eufaula, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="#258.12.54">Bertram Tracy Clayton</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000495">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402632">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1908</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Clayton, Herman See <a href="#251.86.01">J. Herman Clayton</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="753.68.13">Clayton, Howard</a> — of McGehee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/DE-lived.html">Desha County</a>, Ark. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/AR.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="580.48.60">Clayton, J. A.</a> — of San Jose, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-lived.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/CA.html">1888</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="769.19.30">Clayton, J. E.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/YU-lived.html">Yuba County</a>, Calif. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 15th District, 1855-56. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="251.86.01">Clayton, J. Herman</a> — of Illinois. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 25th District, 1920. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="413.53.01">Clayton, J. Vance</a> — of Arkansas. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/trea.html">Arkansas state treasurer</a>, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="997.23.09">Clayton, Mrs. James</a> — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/TX.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="306.52.58">Clayton, Jane G.</a> — of Rumson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-lived.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/NJ.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="857.79.39">Clayton, John</a> — of Georgia. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 2nd District, 1994. Still living as of 1994. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="758.74.67">Clayton, John M.</a> — of Pine Bluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ark. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/stsen.html">Arkansas state senate</a>, 1873; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arkansas</a> 2nd District, 1874, 1888; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/AR.html">1888</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="#032.40.34">Powell Clayton</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CY.html">Clay County, Ark.</a> may have been named for him.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="514.51.50">Clayton, John Middleton</a> (1796-1856) — also known as John M. Clayton — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del.; New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Dagsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/07-24.html">July 24, 1796</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Kent County, 1824; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Delaware</a>, 1826-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1829-36, 1845-49, 1853-56; resigned 1836, 1849; died in office 1856; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/spju.html">justice of Delaware state supreme court</a>, 1837-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of State</a>, 1849-50. Slaveowner. Died in Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/11-09.html">November 9, 1856</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 108 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-buried.html#cms00277">Old Presbyterian Cemetery</a>, Dover, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James George Clayton and Sarah (Middleton) Clayton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/09-13.html">September 13, 1822</a>, to Sally Ann Fisher; nephew of <a href="#620.16.33">Joshua Clayton</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buck.html#416.12.48">Clayton Douglass Buck</a>; first cousin of <a href="#406.70.80">Thomas Clayton</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0030.html">DuPont family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CT.html">Clayton County, Iowa</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John M. Clayton (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Terminal Island, California</a>; bombed 1945; repaired; renamed USS Harcourt; scrapped 1962) was originally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000496">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402633">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John M. Clayton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/567/000050417">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6653482">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="892.21.71">Clayton, John Monroe</a> (b. 1851) — of Engelhard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HD-lived.html">Hyde County</a>, N.C. Born in Engelhard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HD-born.html">Hyde County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/10-18.html">October 18, 1851</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Hyde County, 1913-16. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="350.35.04">Clayton, Joseph</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 15th District, 1921. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="575.29.14">Clayton, Joseph Bell</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 14th District, 1901 (Social Democratic), 1907 (Socialist). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="620.16.33">Clayton, Joshua</a> (1744-1798) — of Delaware. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE-born.html">Cecil County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1744/07-20.html">July 20, 1744</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/trea.html">Delaware state treasurer</a>, 1786-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pres.html">President of Delaware</a>, 1789-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1793-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1798; died in office 1798. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/08-11.html">August 11, 1798</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 22 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-buried.html#cms07156">a private or family graveyard</a>, New Castle County, Del.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE-buried.html#cms00017">Bethel Cemetery</a>, Chesapeake City, Md.; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-buried.html#cms00277">Old Presbyterian Cemetery</a>, Dover, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Eleanor (Edinfield) Clayton and James Clayton; married to Rachel (McCleary) Bassett (adoptive daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#280.36.75">Richard Bassett</a>); father of <a href="#406.70.80">Thomas Clayton</a>; uncle of <a href="#514.51.50">John Middleton Clayton</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buck.html#416.12.48">Clayton Douglass Buck</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000497">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402634">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/joshua-clayton/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua Clayton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7412969">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="779.63.27">Clayton, Joshua</a> — of Elkton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE-lived.html">Cecil County</a>, Md. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/MD.html">1928</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/officers.html">Convention Vice-President</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/MD.html">1936</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="646.43.07">Clayton, Lee B.</a> — of Gary, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ind. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/gary.html">Mayor of Gary, Ind.</a>, 1937. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="059.47.17">Clayton, Lori J.</a> — of Stillwater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Minn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/MN.html">1984</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1984. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="465.95.17">Clayton, Myrtle</a> — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/OK.html">1980</a>. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="734.20.50">Clayton, Nelson J.</a> — of Pottsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SC-lived.html">Schuylkill County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/PA.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/PA.html">1948</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="303.96.28">Clayton, O. Y.</a> — of Roxboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PE-lived.html">Person County</a>, N.C. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PE-parties.html">Chair of Person County Republican Party</a>, 1952. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="564.89.97">Clayton, Oswald R.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-lived.html">Herkimer County</a>, N.Y. Progressive. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Herkimer County, 1914. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="169.32.36">Clayton, Paul</a> — of McAlester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/PI-lived.html">Pittsburg County</a>, Okla. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/OK.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="069.26.21">Clayton, Paul D.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a> 19th District, 2002, 2006. Still living as of 2006. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1123122"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/032/40.34.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Powell Clayton"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="032.40.34">Clayton, Powell</a> (1833-1914) — of Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-lived.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark.; Eureka Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CL-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Ark. Born in Bethel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/08-07.html">August 7, 1833</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/surveyor.html">surveyor</a>; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; president and general manager, Eureka Springs <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Arkansas</a>, 1868-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Arkansas</a>, 1871-77; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/AR.html">1872</a> (delegation chair), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/AR.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/AR.html">1880</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/AR.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/AR.html">1888</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/AR.html">1892</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/AR.html">1896</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/AR.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/AR.html">1912</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/AR.html">Republican National Committee from Arkansas</a>, 1872-74, 1896-1912; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MX-diplomats.html ">Mexico</a>, 1897-98; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MX-diplomats.html ">Mexico</a>, 1898-1905. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/08-25.html">August 25, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 18 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Clayton and Ann (Clark) Clayton; brother of <a href="#758.74.67">John M. Clayton</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/12-14.html">December 14, 1865</a>, to Adaline McGraw.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CY.html">Clay County, Ark.</a> may have been named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000498">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402635">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/powell-clayton/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powell Clayton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/clayton-powell ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York Public Library</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="693.61.01">Clayton, Powell</a> — of Arkansas. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arkansas</a> 5th District, 1924. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="247.91.36">Clayton, Robert B.</a> — of Ashland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SC-lived.html">Schuylkill County</a>, Pa. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ashland.html#3">Ashland, Pa.</a>, 1897-1906. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="204.86.97">Clayton, Robert T.</a> — U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-consuls.html ">Pará</a>, as of 1884. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="341.09.65">Clayton, Samuel S.</a> — of Ada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HR-lived.html">Hardin County</a>, Ohio. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/ada.html#2">Ada, Ohio</a>, 1887-89. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="311.55.55">Clayton, Taj</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 30th District, 2012. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="406.70.80">Clayton, Thomas</a> (1777-1854) — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Born in Massey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, Md., July, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1777/index.html">1777</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a>, 1802-06, 1810, 1812-13; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a>, 1808, 1808, 1821; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Delaware</a>, 1808-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/attygn.html">Delaware state attorney general</a>, 1810-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1815-17; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1824-27, 1837-47; common pleas court judge in Delaware, 1828; superior court judge in Delaware, 1832. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Slaveowner. Died in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/08-21.html">August 21, 1854</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-buried.html#cms00277">Old Presbyterian Cemetery</a>, Dover, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#620.16.33">Joshua Clayton</a> and Rachel Bassett (McCleary) Clayton; married to Jeannette McComb (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcclurg-mcconkey.html#191.69.86">Eleazer McComb</a>); grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#280.36.75">Richard Bassett</a>; first cousin of <a href="#514.51.50">John Middleton Clayton</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buck.html#416.12.48">Clayton Douglass Buck</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#729.08.48">Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#459.41.40">James Asheton Bayard Jr.</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#827.27.04">Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#814.07.63">Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html#942.86.81">John Sluyter Wirt</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0030.html">DuPont family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000499">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402636">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas Clayton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7504148">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="799.52.39">Clayton, Thomas J.</a> — of Thurlow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/PA.html">1896</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Clayton, Vance See <a href="#413.53.01">J. Vance Clayton</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="241.69.84">Clayton, Virgil P.</a> — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-lived.html">Richland County</a>, S.C. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/columbia.html#2">Columbia, S.C.</a>, 1889-90. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="968.12.51">Clayton, W. L.</a> — of Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-lived.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MS.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="462.08.17">Clayton, Walter F.</a> (b. 1865) — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/index.html">1865</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/architect.html">Architect</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">builder</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 21st District, 1921-25. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="594.56.53">Clayton, William C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ML-lived.html">Mineral County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 11th District, 1875-77. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="865.05.45">Clayton, William F.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for South Dakota</a>, 1969-77. Still living as of 1977. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="731.01.51">Clayton, William Henry Harrison</a> — also known as William H. H. Clayton — of Fort Smith, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/SB-lived.html">Sebastian County</a>, Ark. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas</a>, 1875-85, 1889-93; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/AR.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#055.84.40">William Henry Harrison</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="507.78.25">Clayton, William M.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">Mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1868-69. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="638.58.13">Clayton, William S.</a> — of California. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/CA.html">1932</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="198.98.11">Clayton, Willis S.</a> — of San Jose, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-lived.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/CA.html">1916</a>. 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