Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903

Abolitionist, newspaper publisher; Kentucky state representative, 1835-1837, 1840; Kentucky governor, 1849; U.S. minister to Russia, 1860-1869.

This is an artifically created collection of relating to the Kentucky Stateman and US diplomat Cassius M Clay. It consists of material related to his estate in Richmond, KY: White Hall as well as biographical articles and a small number of letters.

Editor and abolitionist, of Lexington (Fayette Co.), Ky.

Abolitionist and diplomat.

Soldier, abolitionist, diplomat, and author.

Emmancipationist and diplomat from Madison County (Ky.).

Cassius M. Clay was born in Kentucky and educated at Yale where he became involved in the abolitionist movement. He served in the Kentucky legislature between 1835 and 1840. In 1845 he published an anti-slavery newspaper called the TRUE AMERICAN; he served on the side of the Union during the Civil War, and was appointed U.S. Minister to Russia between 1863 and 1869.

American abolitionist and politician.

American abolitionist, statesman, and U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia during the Lincoln Administration.

Emancipationist, Diplomat.

Cassius M. Clay was born in Madison County, Kentucky in 1810, the son of wealthy slaveowner Green Clay. he was educated at Yale College where he was influenced by the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and became an antislavery crusader. He became one of the most prominent American abolitionists and statesmen and was a proponent of Henry Clay's American System. Clay served three terms in the Kentucky Legislature, from 1835-1840. He helped found the Republican Party in 1854, and gave his support to its Presidential tickets in 1856 and 1860. He was named Minister to Russia in 1861 during the Lincoln Administration, but returned home briefly when Lincoln made Clay a Major General for the Union Army. He returned to St. Petersburg, Russia in 1863, and served as Minister to Russia until 1869. In his late years, he wrote an autobiography, and as health failed due to advancing age, he confined himself more and more to his estate, White Hall, in Richmond, Kentucky, where he died on July 22, 1903.