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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clement Comer Clay has received more than 56,207 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Clement Comer Clay is the 18,073rd most popular politician (down from 16,871st in 2019), the 14,077th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,062nd in 2019) and the 1,017th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Clement Comer Clay ranks 18,073 out of 19,576. Before him are Hattie Wyatt Caraway, Rafael Pascual, Nadezhda Neynsky, Roscoe Conkling, Sophia Duleep Singh, and Margaret Heckler. After him are Ezekiel Alebua, Conrad Black, Monica Macovei, Tobias Billström, J. B. Pritzker, and Sam Rayburn.

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Contemporaries

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

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clement Comer Clay ranks 14,077 out of 20,380. Before him are Patricia Barry (1921), David Lovering (1961), Sarah Roemer (1984), Margaret Heckler (1931), Angela Ahrendts (1960), and Brian Dietzen (1977). After him are Kiko Mizuhara (1990), Julia Duffy (1951), Jonathan Lethem (1964), Chris Renaud (1966), Tina Majorino (1985), and Michael Weston (1973).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Clement Comer Clay ranks 1,017. Before him are Charlie Baker (1956), Tom Harkin (1939), Nancy Kassebaum (1932), Hattie Wyatt Caraway (1878), Roscoe Conkling (1829), and Margaret Heckler (1931). After him are J. B. Pritzker (1965), Sam Rayburn (1882), Robert Bergland (1928), Alton B. Parker (1852), George B. Cortelyou (1862), and Bill Brock (1930).

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