Alexander Mosby Clayton | |
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Member of the Provisional C.S. Congress from Mississippi |
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In office February 4, 1861 – May 11, 1861 |
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Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Alexander Bradford |
Personal details | |
Born |
Campbell County, Virginia |
January 15, 1801
Died | September 30, 1889 Benton County, Mississippi |
(aged 88)
Resting place | Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Judge |
Alexander Mosby Clayton (January 15, 1801 – September 30, 1889) was an American judge who served as a member of the Provisional C.S. Congress from Mississippi (1861).
Clayton was born in Campbell County, Virginia. He migrated first to Arkansas, where he served on the Territorial Supreme Court in 1832, then to Mississippi where he served as a state court judge from 1842 to 1852. In 1853 he served as United States consul in Havana, Cuba. He represented the state in the Provisional C.S. Congress from February to May, 1861. He resigned and was appointed as a Confederate District Court Judge for the balance of the year. After the war he again served as a state court judge from 1866 to 1869.