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| Affiliation | Unionist Democrat |
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| Name | Brutus J. Clay |
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Paris, Kentucky , United States |
| Email | None |
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July 01, 1808
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| Died | October 11, 1878
(70 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | CLAY, Brutus Junius, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Richmond, Madison County, Ky., July 1, 1808; attended the common schools and was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ky.; engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising; moved to Bourbon County in 1837 and continued former pursuits; member of State house of representatives in 1840; elected president of Bourbon County Agricultural Association in 1840 and served thirty years; president of the Kentucky Agricultural Association 1853-1861; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1860; elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865); chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Thirty-eighth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection; resumed former pursuits; died near Paris, Ky., October 11, 1878; interment in the family burial ground at “Auvergne,” near Paris, Ky.
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