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Green Clay

American politician (1757-1828)

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Green Clay was an American businessman, planter, military officer and politician in Virginia and Kentucky. Clay served in the American Revolutionary War and helped form the new state of Kentucky after representing its Madison County in the Virginia Ratifying Convention of 1788 and in the Virginia House of Delegates which ultimately authorized creation of the new state of Kentucky. He also served in Kentucky's constitutional convention and in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly, which would name a county for him in 1807. During the War of 1812 Clay was commissioned as a general and led the Kentucky militia in the relief of Fort Meigs in Ohio. He was believed to be one of the wealthiest men of the state, owning tens of thousands of acres of land, many slaves, several distilleries, a tavern, and ferries, although one of his sons, Cassius Marcellus Clay would become a prominent abolitionist.

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Unknown; the portrait is unsigned, but according to the curator at White Hall State Historic Site, several experts have opined that it is likely the work of Matthew Harris Jouett via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

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Occupation: politician, planter class
Position held: member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, member of the State Senate of Kentucky
Citizenship: United States
Born: August 14, 1757
Died: October 31, 1828

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