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gress as member of the House of Rep
resentatives 1885 and was again elected
to the Senate for the term commencing
March 4, 1887, but resigned April o. 1887,
to accept an appointment as an associate
Justice of the United States supreme court
at the hands of President Van Buren,
and served until his death in Louisville,
Ky, July 10, 1852.
Seventh and Eighth Senators
The seventh senator was Gabriel Moore
of Huntsville. who was born in Stokes
county, North Carolina in 1890. moved to
Alabama and practiced law at Huntsville
served four terms in Congress. 1S21-lS29
and was governor of Alabama 1S29-1S3l
and elected to the United States Senate
and served from March 4, 1881, to March g.
1881; he was an unsuccessful candidate
Tor the Twenty-fifth Congress, removed
to Caddo. Tex, and died there June g.
1874.
Clement Conner Clay offs Huntsville was
born in Virginia, December II, 1889, and
removed to Huntsville in 1911, where he
commenced the practice of law; served
IN the Creek war and was elected Judge
of the circuit court in 1877 and supreme
court justice in 1920, and resigned in 1923
member of the state Legislature and
speaker in 1927, and a member of Con-
sress from 1929 to 1881; governor of Ala
hama 1867 and elected to the United
States Senate and served from September
4, 1897 until 1S41, when he resigned, and
became a judge of the supreme court of
Alabama in 1S43, and died at his home in
Huntsville September o. 1866.
Bagby Was Ninth
Arthur Pendleton Bagby of Tuscaloosa
was Virginian and lawyer, born In
1884; he moved to Alabama in 1918: llem-
Der of the state house of representatives
lS20-4; governor of Alabama 1874 and
was elected as democrat to the United
States Senate to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of c. c. Clay, and
served from November "a, 1871 to June 49,
lS4S. when he resigned to accept the ap-
pointment Of United States minister to
Russia, which commission he held until
lS49. when he returned to Alabama and
died in Mobile September 21, 1858
Dixon Hall Lewis Tenth Senator
The tenth senator was Dixon Hall Lewis
of Lowndesboro, who was born in Virginia
August 10, 1902, and moved to Alabama
in 1922. where he studied and practiced
law; was member of the state legisla-
ture lS25-lS27 and served '16 years In Con-
gresss 1S29-lS4i, when he resigned and was
appointed and subsequently elected to the
United States Senate to fill a vacancy
caused by the resignation of William r.
King, and served from April %. 1874 until
his death in New York city, October 95
lS4S' interment in Montgomery
Eleventh Senator
Benjamin Fitzpatrick of Wetumpka was
born in Greene county, Georgia, June 30
1902, and moved to Alabama in 1915; was
admitted to the bar in Montgomery and
practiced until 1929; was governor of Ala
bama in lS4l-45 and appointed as a demo-
crat to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Dixon H. Lewis and served from
November p, 1918, to November 80, 1S49
upon the second resignation of Senator
w. r. King in 1858, he was again APP
pointed and subsequently elected to the
Senate and served from January IA, 1853
TO March 8. 1861, and died on his planta-
ton near Wetumpka November 25, 1862
First Native Son Senator
jeremiah Clemens was the first native
OF Alabama to sit in the Senate, and
was born al Huntsville December 49, 1914;
was a member of the state house of rep
resentatives and served in the Texas war
of independence and in the war with
Mexico and rose to the rank of lieutenant
colonel; was elected to the United States
Senate as a democrat and served from
November 30, 1S49, to March 8, 1853 and
became editor of the Memphis Eagle and
Enquirer, besides the author of a num-
ber of historical novels, and he died in
Huntsville May 21, 1866
Thirteenth Senator
Clement Claiborne Clay was born in
Huntsville, the home of so many Ala
bama senator's. December, 1877, and gradu-
ateds from the law department of the
University of Virginia. was a member of
the state house of representatives and
judge of the county court of Madison
county in 1926. and elected to the Uni
ted States Senate and served from March
4, 1853, to January 21. 1861 when he re-
tired. and his seat declared vacant by
resolution of March IA, 1861 was mem
Der of the Confederate Senate 1861: ap-
pointed diplomatic agent of the Con-
federacy and arrested and imprisoned in
TT Monroe 1865 after the civil war he
did not re-enter public life, but devoted
himself to farming and died at Hunts
vile January g. 1882
Out Of the Union
From January 21 1861. to July 25 1868
Alabama had no senators at Washington
but was represented in the Confederate
Senate by former United States Senator
c. c. Clay, Jr.. and William L. Yancev
in the first Congress of that government.
and by Robert Jenlison. Jr and Richard
w Walker in the second Congress. hut
was not restored to complete recognition
in the union until 1868.
New Faces
Alabama being, like all southern states.
III tHe tiiOtS VI TecOnSITuctlOn, strangers
to her people were sent to the Senate
and thus on July %, 1868 two senators.
one a native of New York and one Of
Ohio recent citizens of Alabama were
found at Washington as Alabama sena-
tors
George e. Spencer. who made his
home at Decatur, and the youneesr
senator to be elected from Alabama.
but 80 at the time of taking his seat. |
was born in New York, Nove.nb ber /.
1886. and was admitted to the bar
there and began to practice. AT the
outbreak of the civil war entered the
Union army as captain and rose to
the rank of brevet brigadier general:
settled in Alabama and was elected as
a republican to the United States SEN
ate; reelected and served from July
%, 1868, to March 8, 1879, moved to
Nevada and died in Washington, d. c.,
February 10, 1893.
Fifteenth Senator
Willard Warner, who made his home
In Montgomery. was born in Granville,
Ohio, September 1. 1926. colleec grad
uate and served in the Unioa army
and rose to the rank of major general:
mustered out of service July IL. 1865