John Middleton Clayton (July 24, 1796 – November 9, 1856) was an American lawyer and politician from Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party who served...
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John Clayton may refer to: John Clayton (architect) (died 1861), English architect and writer John Clayton (sportswriter) (1954–2022), American sportswriter...
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John Middleton Clayton (October 13, 1840 – January 29, 1889) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives...
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Clayton is a town in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 5,153 at the 2010 census. The town is named after John M. Clayton, a...
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The Clayton–Bulwer Treaty was a treaty signed in 1850 between the United States and the United Kingdom. The treaty was negotiated by John M. Clayton and...
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University of Delaware. In 1837, Clayton's cousin, U.S. Senator John M. Clayton, resigned his office. Thomas Clayton was once again elected to the U.S...
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Elkader. The county was established in 1837 and was named in honor of John M. Clayton, United States Senator from Delaware and later Secretary of State under...
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John M. Clayton is a 1934 marble sculpture depicting the American lawyer and politician of the same name by Bryant Baker, installed in the United States...
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elected. Taylor settled on Senator John M. Clayton of Delaware, a close associate of Crittenden's. With Clayton's aid, Taylor chose the six remaining...
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Congressman-elect John Middleton Clayton. Clayton was born in Bethel Township, Pennsylvania, to John and Ann Glover Clayton. The Clayton family was descended from...
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elected as a Whig to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy left when John M. Clayton resigned. Taking office on February 23, 1849, he served until March...
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Clay County, Arkansas (redirect from Clayton County, Arkansas)
it was named Clayton County, after John M. Clayton, then a member of the Arkansas Senate and a brother of then-U.S. Senator Powell Clayton, though some...
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next three years. In 1850, the United States and Great Britain signed the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty, which committed both countries to joint control of any future...
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Calhoun, John M. Clayton, William L. Marcy, William Seward, Edward Everett, Jeremiah S. Black, James Blaine, Elihu B. Washburne, Thomas F. Bayard, John Sherman...
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Justice Clayton or Judge Clayton may refer to: Boyce G. Clayton (1929–2020), associate justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court John M. Clayton (1796–1856)...
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USS Harcourt (IX-225) (redirect from SS John M. Clayton)
SS John M. Clayton was an American Liberty ship built in 1942 for service in World War II. She was later acquired by the United States Navy and renamed...
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Retrieved November 9, 2021. "Biographies of the Secretaries of State: John Middleton Clayton (1796–1856)". Office of the Historian. Archived from the original...
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Clayton lost his left hand while hunting outside Little Rock when his rifle discharged. Clayton had two twin brothers, W. H. H. Clayton and John M. Clayton...
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Willa Cather, Nebraska Dennis Chavez, New Mexico Henry Clay, Kentucky John M. Clayton, Delaware George Clinton, New York Jacob Collamer, Vermont Father Damien...
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was named for John M. Clayton, a former United States senator and Secretary of State. In the 1950s, a soda fountain operated as Clayton Cut Rate Luncheonette...
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Senator Clayton may refer to: John M. Clayton (1796–1856), U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1829 to 1836, from 1845 to 1849, and from 1853 to 1856 Joshua...
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Buddy, J., & Williams, M. (2005). "A dream deferred: school libraries and segregation", American Libraries, 36(2), 33–35. Battles, D. M. (2009). The History...
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Representative John Sergeant of Pennsylvania Senator John M. Clayton of Delaware Lieutenant Governor Hamilton Fish of New York Governor John Young of New...
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Vining's resignation, died August 11, 1798. Elected to fill vacancy left by Clayton's death. Resigned upon being elected Vice-President. Contested election...
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Clifton R. Breckinridge (section Clayton Affair)
Republican opponent, John M. Clayton, the brother of former Arkansas Governor and Senator Powell Clayton. Under these circumstances, Clayton contested the election...
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in innovation. Clayton Christensen was born on April 6, 1952, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the second of eight children born to Robert M. Christensen (1926–1976)...
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reported to Secretary of State John M. Clayton that a railroad across the isthmus was a "feasible and practical" idea. Clayton then instructed Robert P. Letcher...
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The Clayton Compromise was a plan drawn up in 1848 by a bipartisan United States Senate committee headed by John M. Clayton for organizing the Oregon...
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John Chafee (B.A. 1947), governor of Rhode Island (1962–69), secretary of the navy (1969–72), U.S. senator (R–Rhode Island, 1976–99) John M. Clayton (1815)...
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and competed with Millard Fillmore's faction of the party. John M. Clayton of Delaware and John C. Crittenden of Kentucky were important border state Whigs...
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