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John M. Clayton
John Middleton Clayton
American lawyer and politician (1796–1856).
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John M. Clayton
External Pages About John M. Clayton
Encyclopædia Britannica Online
ISNI
U.S. National Archives
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition)
Sex or Gender
Male
Occupation
Lawyer
Politician
Diplomat
Judge
Place of Birth
Dagsboro
Place of Death
Dover
Country of Citizenship
United States
Position Held
11 items
United States Secretary of State
(3/8/1849 - 7/22/1850)
Secretary of State of Delaware
(1826 - 1828)
United States Senator
(3/4/1829 - 3/4/1831)
United States Senator
(3/4/1831 - 3/4/1833)
United States Senator
(3/4/1833 - 3/4/1835)
United States Senator
(3/4/1835 - 12/29/1836)
United States Senator
(3/4/1845 - 3/4/1847)
United States Senator
(3/4/1847 - 2/23/1849)
United States Senator
(3/4/1853 - 3/4/1855)
United States Senator
(3/4/1855 - 11/9/1856)
Member of the Delaware House of Representatives
Date of Birth
7/24/1796
Date of Death
Member of Political Party
Educated At
Instance Of
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Image
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
Commons Gallery
Name in Native Language
Work Location
Religion or Worldview
Residence
Cause of Death
Family Name
Described by Source
Member Of
Manner of Death
Place of Burial
11/9/1856
Whig Party
Yale University
Litchfield Law School
Human
John
English
John M. Clayton
John Middleton Clayton
Washington, D.C.
Presbyterianism
Dover
Cardiovascular Disease
Clayton
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24441982
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Clayton, John Middleton
Academy of Sciences of Turin
(11/29/1849 - )
Start Time
:
11/29/1849
Natural Causes
Old Presbyterian Cemetery
Replaces
:
James Buchanan
Replaced By
:
Daniel Webster
Series Ordinal
:
18
Start Time
:
3/8/1849
End Time
:
7/22/1850
Start Time
:
1826
End Time
:
1828
Replaces
:
Henry M. Ridgely
Parliamentary Term
:
21st United States Congress
Electoral District
:
Delaware Class 2 Senate Seat
Start Time
:
3/4/1829
End Time
:
3/4/1831
Parliamentary Term
:
22nd United States Congress
Electoral District
:
Delaware Class 2 Senate Seat
Start Time
:
3/4/1831
End Time
:
3/4/1833
Parliamentary Term
:
23rd United States Congress
Electoral District
:
Delaware Class 2 Senate Seat
Start Time
:
3/4/1833
End Time
:
3/4/1835
Replaced By
:
Thomas Clayton
Parliamentary Term
:
24th United States Congress
Electoral District
:
Delaware Class 2 Senate Seat
End Cause
:
Resignation
Start Time
:
3/4/1835
End Time
:
12/29/1836
Replaces
:
Richard H. Bayard
Parliamentary Term
:
29th United States Congress
Electoral District
:
Delaware Class 1 Senate Seat
Parliamentary Group
:
Whig Party
Start Time
:
3/4/1845
End Time
:
3/4/1847
Replaced By
:
John Wales
Parliamentary Term
:
30th United States Congress
Electoral District
:
Delaware Class 1 Senate Seat
End Cause
:
Resignation
Parliamentary Group
:
Whig Party
Start Time
:
3/4/1847
End Time
:
2/23/1849
Replaces
:
Presley Spruance
Parliamentary Term
:
33rd United States Congress
Electoral District
:
Delaware Class 2 Senate Seat
Parliamentary Group
:
Whig Party
Start Time
:
3/4/1853
End Time
:
3/4/1855
Replaced By
:
Joseph P. Comegys
Parliamentary Term
:
34th United States Congress
Electoral District
:
Delaware Class 2 Senate Seat
End Cause
:
Death in Office
Parliamentary Group
:
Opposition Party
Start Time
:
3/4/1855
End Time
:
11/9/1856
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