TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nuermberger,Ruth Ketring
TI  - The Clays of Alabama: a Planter-Lawyer-Politician Family
SN  - 9780813164090
AV  - F326 .C539 1958
PY  - 1958///
CY  - Lexington
PB  - The University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Clay family.
KW  - Alabama
KW  - History
KW  - 1819-1950
KW  - Biography
KW  - Clay family
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; 1. A Plantation on the Frontier; 2. Clement Clay Enters Politics; 3. Representative in Congress; 4. Governor and Senator; 5. The Clay Family Grows Up; 6. Young Clement Tries Politics; 7. Senator from Alabama; 8. The Road to Secession; 9. Confederate Senator; 10. Confusion and Hardship; 11. Canadian Adventure; 12. The Prisoner of State; 13. Reconstructing Life; 14. A Historical Estimate; Bibliographical Note; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; 2; b
N2  - Of unique interest to the student of nineteenth century America is this account of the Alabama Clays, who in their private life were typical of the slaveholding aristocracy of the old South, but as lawyer-politicians played significant roles in state and national politics, in the development of the Democratic party, and in the affairs of the Confederacy. In the period from 1811 to 1915, the Clays were involved in many of the great problems confronting the South. This study of the Clay family includes accounts of the wartime legislation of the Confederate Congress and the activities of the Confe
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