Powell Clayton

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(August 7, 1833 — August 25, 1914) Clayton was an American politician, civil engineer, and ambassador to Mexico. Powell Clayton was born in Delaware County, Pennsylvania and moved to Arkansas after the Civil War. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Before being elected to the United States Senate, Clayton served as Governor of Arkansas. He was elected to Congress as a Republican to the Forty-Second, Forty-Third, and Forty-Fourth Congresses from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1877. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C000498]

Member of Arkansas Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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