Clayton, Thomas

Name: Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 - Clayton, Thomas
Author: U.S. Congress

Clayton, Thomas (son of Joshua Clayton and cousin of John Middleton Clayton), a Representative and a Senator from Delaware; born in Masseys Cross Roads, Md., March 9, 1778; received a classical education at Newark Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1799 and commenced practice in New Castle; clerk of the State house of representatives in 1800, and a member of that body 1802-1806, 1810, 1812, and 1813; secretaryof state of Delaware 1808 1810; served in the Stare senate in 1808; State attorney general 1810-1815; elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817); again a member of the State senate in 1821; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Caesar A. Rodney and served from January 8, 1824, to March 3, 1827; chief justice of the court of common pleas of Delaware in 1828; chief justice of the superior court of the State in 1832; again elected as a Whig to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John M. Clayton; reelected in 1841 and served from January 9, 1837, to March 3, 1847; moved to New Castle and retired from public life; died in New Castle, New Castle County, Del., August 21, 1854; interment in Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Dover, Kent County, Del.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Clayton, Thomas," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.988 989. Original Sources, accessed March 25, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5BJZE7NF2ATFG7F.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Clayton, Thomas." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.988, page 989. Original Sources. 25 Mar. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5BJZE7NF2ATFG7F.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Clayton, Thomas' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.988, pp.989. Original Sources, retrieved 25 March 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5BJZE7NF2ATFG7F.