Clay, Joseph

Clay, Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 24, 1769; elected to the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Congresses, and served from March 4, 1803, to 1808, when he resigned to engage in banking; one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1804 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against John Pickering, judge of the United States District Court for New Hampshire; became cashier of the Farmers & Mechanics’ Bank of Philadelphia; died in Philadelphia, Pa., on August 27, 1811; interment in Christ Church Burying Ground.