Joseph Clay (July 24, 1769August 27, 1811) was a member of the

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from

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. Joseph Clay was born in

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in the

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. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth,

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, and Tenth Congresses, and served until his resignation after March 28, 1808. He was also engaged in banking. Clay served as chairman of the

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during the Ninth Congress. He was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1804 to conduct the

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proceedings against John Pickering, judge of the

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. Joseph Clay was elected as a member of the

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held at

in 1799. He became cashier of the Farmers & Mechanics’ Bank of Philadelphia, and died in Philadelphia in 1811. Interment in Christ Church Burying Ground. He was the father of diplomat

John Randolph Clay John Randolph Clay (September 29, 1808 – August 15, 1885) was an American diplomat. Biography Clay was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1808, the second child of parents Joseph (1769–1811) and Mary Ashmead Clay (1782–1871) and young ...

, and the grandfather of brevet brigadier general Cecil Clay and the father-in-law of Seth John Cuthbert.

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The Political Graveyard

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* 1769 births 1811 deaths Politicians from Philadelphia Burials at Christ Church, Philadelphia People of colonial Pennsylvania Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub