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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • Clayton John Clayton Lydia Clayton, m. Joseph Hanson James Hanson Grace Clayton Miriam Clayton Amelia Clayton James (George) Clayton (1761–1820), m....
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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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