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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaAlexander Stephens CLAY
(1853-1910)
Senate Years of Service:
1897-1910Party: DemocratCLAY, Alexander Stephens,
a Senator from Georgia; born near Powder Springs, Cobb County, Ga.,
September 25, 1853; attended the common schools; graduated from
Hiawassee (Tenn.) College in 1875; studied law; admitted to the bar
in 1877 and commenced practice in Marietta, Ga.; member of the city
council in 1880 and 1881; member, State house of representatives
1884-1887, 1889-1890; served as speaker pro tempore in 1886-1887,
1889-1890; member, State senate 1892-1894, serving as president for
two years; elected in 1896 as a Democrat to the United States
Senate; reelected in 1902 and again in 1908 and served from March
4, 1897, until his death in Atlanta, Ga., on November 13, 1910;
chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Fifty-ninth Congress),
Committee on Woman Suffrage (Sixty-first Congress); interment in
the City Cemetery, Marietta, Ga.
Bibliography
Mellichamp, Josephine. ‘Alexander Clay.’ In Senators
From Georgia. pp.193-95. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishers,
1976; U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses. 61st Cong., 3rd
sess., 1910-1911. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office,
1911.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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