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About Thomas Clayton
Thomas Clayton was an American lawyer and politician from Dover in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party and later the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. He served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Attorney General of Delaware, as Secretary of State of Delaware, as Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, as U.S. Representative from Delaware, and as U.S. Senator from Delaware. In 1846 he was one of two members of the United States Senate to vote against declaring war on Mexico.
Everything about Thomas Clayton →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, judge
- Position held
- United States representative, member of the Delaware State Senate, Secretary of State of Delaware, United States senator
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 1, 1777
- Died
- August 21, 1854