Alexander Stephens Clay (September 25, 1853 November 13, 1910) was a United States Senator from Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

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Clay was born in Powder Springs, Georgia

Powder Springs, Georgia

Powder Springs is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 13,940 at the 2010 census.- History :The town of Powder Springs was incorporated as Springville in 1838 in the lands of two Cherokee Indian chiefs, Chief Nose and Chief Ana Kanasta . Gold had been discovered in...

, and graduated from Hiwassee College

Hiwassee College

Hiwassee College is a private, accredited college located in Madisonville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1849, the college offers associate degrees as well as four year degrees, The majority of its associate degree graduates go on to attend, and complete, four-year...

 in Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

 in 1875. He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1877 and commenced practice in Marietta, Georgia

Marietta, Georgia

Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, and is its county seat.As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 56,579, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs...

. He served on the Marietta city council

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 in 1880 and 1881.

Clay was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives

Georgia House of Representatives

The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia.-Composition:...

 from 1884 to 1887 and 1889 to 1890, and served as speaker pro tempore

Pro tempore

Pro tempore , abbreviated pro tem or p.t., is a Latin phrase which best translates to "for the time being" in English. This phrase is often used to describe a person who acts as a locum tenens in the absence of a superior, such as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate.Legislative...

 in 1886-1887 and 1889-1890. He was a member of the Georgia Senate

Georgia Senate

The Georgia State Senate is the upper house of the Georgia General Assembly .-Composition:According to the state constitution of 1983, this body is to be composed of no more than 56 members elected for two-year terms. Current state law provides for 56 members...

 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). As a U.S. senator, Clay served as chair of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims and as a member of the 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

Joseph M. Terrell

Joseph Meriwether Terrell was a United States Senator and the 57th Governor of Georgia. Born in Greenville, he attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1882, commencing practice in Greenville....

 was appointed to fulfill the remainder of Clay's term.

Family relationships

• One son was General Lucius D. Clay
  Lucius D. Clay
  General Lucius Dubignon Clay was an American officer and military governor of the United States Army known for his administration of Germany immediately after World War II. Clay was deputy to General Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1945; deputy military governor, Germany 1946; commander in chief, U.S....
  
   and another son was Eugene Herbert Clay
  Eugene Herbert Clay
  Eugene Herbert Clay was the mayor of Marietta, Georgia, and one of the ringleaders in the lynching of Leo Frank. He was the son of Senator Alexander S. Clay. Clay attended the University of Georgia, Class of 1903, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity.-Notes:...
  
  , one of the ringleaders in the lynching of Leo Frank
  Leo Frank
  Leo Max Frank was a Jewish-American factory superintendent whose hanging in 1915 by a lynch mob of prominent citizens in Marietta, Georgia drew attention to antisemitism in the United States....
  
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• Two grandsons were General Lucius D. Clay, Jr.
  Lucius D. Clay, Jr.
  General Lucius DuBignon Clay, Jr. was an American military leader who held the positions of commander-in-chief of the North American Air Defense Command, the Continental Air Defense Command, the United States element of NORAD, and was also a commander of the United States Air Force's Aerospace...
  
   and Major General Frank Butner Clay
  Frank Butner Clay
  Major General Frank Butner Clay was the son of General Lucius D. Clay, Sr. and the brother of General Lucius D. Clay, Jr.. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery along with his first wife, Patricia Adams Casey Clay...
  
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• One son Eugene Herbert Clay
  Eugene Herbert Clay
  Eugene Herbert Clay was the mayor of Marietta, Georgia, and one of the ringleaders in the lynching of Leo Frank. He was the son of Senator Alexander S. Clay. Clay attended the University of Georgia, Class of 1903, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity.-Notes:...
  
  was the mayor of Marietta.