(Encyclopedia) Folger, Henry ClayFolger, Henry Clayfōlˈjər [key], 1857–1930, American industrialist and collector of Shakespeareana. His connection with Standard Oil companies, beginning in 1879,…
Before Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay achieved Olympic glory
by Gerry Brown Cassius Clay as a light heavyweight (second to right), flanked by medallists Wilbert McClure and Edward Crook at the…
Senate Years of Service: 1806-1807; 1810-1811; 1831-1842; 1849-1852Party: Democratic Republican; National Republican; WhigCLAY, Henry, (father of James Brown Clay), a Senator and a…
CLAY, Joseph, (grandfather of William Henry Stiles), a Delegate from Georgia; born in Beverly, Yorkshire, England, October 16, 1741; immigrated to the United States and in 1760 settled in…
CLAY, Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 24, 1769; elected as a Republican to the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Congresses, and served from March 4, 1803,…
CLAY, Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 24, 1769; elected as a Republican to the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Congresses, and served from March 4, 1803,…
CLAY, Matthew, a Representative from Virginia; born in Halifax County, near Danville, Va., March 25, 1754; during the Revolutionary War entered the Ninth Virginia Regiment October 1, 1776,…
CROFT, Theodore Gaillard, (son of George William Croft), a Representative from South Carolina; born in Aiken, Aiken County, S.C., November 26, 1874; attended the common schools; was graduated…
