CLAYTON, JOHN M.
\klˈe͡ɪtən], \klˈeɪtən], \k_l_ˈeɪ_t_ə_n]\
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(1796-1856) of Delaware, of which he was Chief Justice from 1837 to 1840, was U. S. Senator from 1829 to 1835, from 1845 to 1849, and from 1851 till his death. In 1849 he became Secretary of State under President Taylor, in which office he was continued by President Fillmore till July, 1850. As such he negotiated the celebrated Clayton-Bulwer treaty with Great Britain.
By John Franklin Jameson
