Matthew Clay
| Matthew Clay | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 15th district |
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In office March 4, 1815 – May 27, 1815 |
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| Preceded by | John Kerr |
| Succeeded by | John Kerr |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 14th district |
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In office March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1813 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel Jordan Cabell |
| Succeeded by | William A. Burwell |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 6th district |
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In office March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803 |
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| Preceded by | Isaac Coles |
| Succeeded by | Abram Trigg |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Pittsylvania County | |
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In office 1790–1794 Alongside Benjamin Lankford, Thomas Tunstall and Stephan Coleman |
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March 25, 1754 Halifax County, Virginia |
| Died | May 27, 1815 (aged 61) Halifax Court House, Virginia |
| Resting place | Pittsylvania County, Virginia |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
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| Service/branch | Continental Army |
| Years of service | 1776–1783 |
| Rank | quartermaster |
| Unit | Ninth, First and Fifth Virginia Regiments |
| Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War |
Matthew Clay (March 25, 1754 – May 27, 1815) was a United States Representative from Virginia.
Born in Halifax County (near Danville), during the American Revolutionary War he entered the Ninth Virginia Regiment on October 1, 1776. He transferred to the First Virginia Regiment in 1778 and to the Fifth Virginia Regiment in 1781, being successively promoted to first lieutenant, captain, and quartermaster. He was mustered out 1783.
Clay was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1790 to 1794, and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1813. While in the House he was chairman of the Committee on Militia (Tenth Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1813 to the Thirteenth Congress but was elected to the Fourteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1815 until his death at Halifax Court House in 1815. Interment was in the old family burying ground in Pittsylvania County.
Matthew Clay was a brother of early Kentucky politician Green Clay. His daughter Mary was a victim of the Richmond Theatre fire of 1811.
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