# Alexander S. Clay

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American politician

For other people named Alexander Clay, see [Alexander Clay (disambiguation)](/source/Alexander_Clay_(disambiguation)).

Alexander S. Clay United States Senator from Georgia In office March 4, 1897 – November 13, 1910 Preceded by John B. Gordon Succeeded by Joseph M. Terrell Member of the Georgia House of Representatives In office 1884-1887 1889-1890 Personal details Born Alexander Stephens Clay (1853-09-25)September 25, 1853 Powder Springs, Georgia, U.S. Died November 13, 1910(1910-11-13) (aged 57) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Party Democratic

Statue of Clay in [Marietta, Georgia](/source/Marietta%2C_Georgia)

**Alexander Stephens Clay** (September 25, 1853 – November 13, 1910) was a [United States senator](/source/United_States_senator) from [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)).

## Biography

Clay was born in [Powder Springs, Georgia](/source/Powder_Springs%2C_Georgia), and graduated from [Hiwassee College](/source/Hiwassee_College) in [Tennessee](/source/Tennessee) in 1875. He was admitted to the [bar](/source/Bar_(law)) in 1877 and commenced practice in [Marietta, Georgia](/source/Marietta%2C_Georgia). He served on the Marietta [city council](/source/City_council) in 1880 and 1881.

Clay was a member of the [Georgia House of Representatives](/source/Georgia_House_of_Representatives) from 1884 to 1887 and 1889 to 1890, and served as speaker [pro tempore](/source/Pro_tempore) in 1886 to 1887 and 1889 to 1890. He was a member of the [Georgia Senate](/source/Georgia_Senate) from 1892 to 1894 and served as its president for his last two years in that body. In 1896 Clay was elected to the U.S. Senate and reelected twice (in 1902 and 1908).[1] As a U.S. senator, Clay served as chair of the [Committee on Revolutionary Claims](/source/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Claims) and as a member of the [Committee on Woman Suffrage](/source/United_States_Senate_Select_Committee_on_Woman_Suffrage).

Clay died in Atlanta while in office in 1910 and was buried in the City Cemetery in Marietta. [Joseph M. Terrell](/source/Joseph_M._Terrell) was appointed to fulfill the remainder of Clay's term.

## Family relationships

One son was General [Lucius D. Clay](/source/Lucius_D._Clay), and another son was [Eugene Herbert Clay](/source/Eugene_Herbert_Clay).

Two grandsons were General [Lucius D. Clay Jr.](/source/Lucius_D._Clay_Jr.) and Major General [Frank Butner Clay](/source/Frank_Butner_Clay).

## See also

- [List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1900–1949)](/source/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_who_died_in_office_(1900%E2%80%931949))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-cd_1-0)** ["S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903"](https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-04562_00_00-001-0001-0000). *GovInfo.gov*. U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 November 1903. p. 15. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

## External links

- United States Congress. ["Alexander S. Clay (id: C000478)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000478). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

- [Alexander S. Clay, late a senator from Georgia, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1911](http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x004788306;view=1up;seq=9)

- [Photograph of the Liberty ship Alexander S. Clay under construction (second view), J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1944 May 23](http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vsbg/id:jaj020)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

U.S. Senate Preceded by John B. Gordon U.S. senator (Class 3) from Georgia 1897–1910 Served alongside: Augustus O. Bacon Succeeded by Joseph M. Terrell

v t e United States senators from Georgia Class 2 Few Jackson Walton Tattnall Baldwin Jones Crawford Bulloch Bibb Troup Forsyth Walker Ware Cobb Prince Troup King Lumpkin Berrien Charlton Toombs H. Miller Norwood B. Hill Barrow A. Colquitt Walsh Bacon West Hardwick Harris Cohen Russell Gambrell Nunn Cleland Chambliss Perdue Ossoff Class 3 Gunn Jackson Milledge Tait Elliott Berrien Forsyth Cuthbert W. Colquitt Johnson Dawson Iverson J. Hill Gordon Brown Gordon Clay Terrell Smith Watson Felton George Talmadge Mattingly Fowler Coverdell Z. Miller Isakson Loeffler Warnock

v t e Speakers of the Georgia House of Representatives N. W. Jones Whitefield N. W. Jones W. Glascock Brownson Gibbons Saltus J. Clay Habersham Houstoun N. W. Jones Gibbons James Habersham Joseph Habersham Gibbons Brownson Powell S. Jones Gibbons Napier Stevens D. Meriwether Jackson Whitaker Iverson Whitaker Adams Witt Adams Daniel Adams Abercrombie Murray Hudson Jourdan Hull T. Glascock Joseph Day C. J. Jenkins Wofford C.J. Jenkins Anderson J. Meriwether Ward Stiles Underwood Irvin Williams Akin Hardeman McWhorter J. M. Smith Cumming Bacon Hardeman Bacon Garrard W. A. Little A. S. Clay Howell Atkinson Fleming H. A. Jenkins J. D. Little Morris Slaton Holder Burwell Holder Neill Russell Tucker Rivers Harris Evans Harris Hand Moate G. L. Smith G. T. Smith G. L. Smith Murphy Coleman Richardson Burkhalter Ralston Jones (acting) Burns

v t e Democratic Party of Georgia Chairs Thomas Hardeman Jr. (1872) L. N. Trammell (1880) Charles F. Clay (1883–) B. H. Bigham (1886) Hoke Smith (1888) William Yates Atkinson (1890–1892) Allen Fort (1892–1894) Alexander Stephens Clay (1894–1898) Fleming W. Dubignon (1898–1900) E. T. Brown (1902–1904) E. J. Yeomans (1904–1906) Alexander Lawton Miller (1906–1908) Hewlett A. Hall (1908–1909) Charles R. Pendleton (1909–1910) W. C. Wright (1910–1912) William J. Harris (1912–1913) William S. West (1913–1914) E. J. Reagan (1914–1916) John James Flynt Sr. (1916–1920) William Jerome Vereen (1920–1921) G. E. Maddox 1925–30 Lawrence S. Camp 1930–32 Hugh Howell (c. 1935–1937) Charles S. Reid 1937 Jim L. Gillis 1939 William Y. Atkinson Jr. 1942 J. Lon Duckworth (1943–1946) James S. Peters (1948–1954) John Sammons Bell (1954–1960) J. B. Fuqua (1962–1966) James Gray (1966–1970) David H. Gambrell (1970–1972) Charles Kirbo (1972–1974) Marge Thurman (1974–1982) Al Holloway (Interim Chairman, 1982) Bert Lance (1982–1986) John Henry Anderson (1986–1990) Ed Sims (1990–1994) John Blackmon (1994–1998) David Worley (1998–2001) Calvin Smyre (2001–2004) Bobby Kahn (2004–2007) Jane Kidd (2007–2010) Mike Berlon (2011–2013) Nikema Williams (acting, 2013) DuBose Porter (2013–2019) Nikema Williams (2019–2025) Matthew Wilson (2025, acting) Charlie Bailey (2025–present) House Leaders George Busbee Clarence Vaughn Al Burruss Larry Walker Jr. Jimmy Skipper DuBose Porter Stacey Abrams Bob Trammell James Beverly Carolyn Hugley Senate Leaders John R. Riley Thomas F. Allgood Charles Walker Michael Meyer von Bremen Robert Brown Steve Henson Gloria Butler Harold V. Jones II Presidential primaries 2004 2008 2016 2020 Other 1988 Democratic National Convention

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