Clement Clay Shorter
Clement Clay Shorter (February 1, 1856-June 16,1890) was a politician in Alabama who served as Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives.
Named after his father's close friend Clement Claiborne Clay Jr.,[1] he was born in Eufaula to a family that was prominent in the politics of Alabama and Georgia. His uncle was Alabama governor John Gill Shorter and his father, Eli Sims Shorter, was a U.S. congressman and colonel in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
Shorter graduated from the University of Alabama and became a lawyer.[2]
He represented Barbour County for three terms in the Alabama House.[3] He served as Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives in 1888. In December 9, 1890 he was memorialized in the Alabama House after his death in 1890.[4] The University of Alabama Libraries have an April 23, 1880 letter he wrote to Mrs. H. D. Clayton (Victoria Virginia Clayton).[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Pittman, Hannah Daviess (November 7, 1902). "Americans of Gentle Birth and Their Ancestors: A Genealogical Encyclopedia ... Embracing Many Authenticated Lineages and Biographical Sketches of the Founders of the Colonies and Their Descendants Found in All Parts of the United States". Buxton & Skinner – via Google Books.
- ↑ American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1810 page 573
- ↑ Saunders, James Edmonds (November 7, 1899). "Early Settlers of Alabama". L. Graham & son, Limited, printers – via Google Books.
- ↑ Georgia, Digital Library of. "Columbus enquirer-sun. (Columbus, Ga.) 1886-1893, December 10, 1890, Image 2". Columbus enquirer-sun – via gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu.
- ↑ "CONTENTdm". digitalcollections.libraries.ua.edu.