Powell Clayton

U.S. Congressperson

1833 – 1914

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Who was Powell Clayton?

Powell Clayton was an engineer, a Union Army general in the American Civil War and the first Reconstruction Republican governor of Arkansas. He was appointed as United States Ambassador to Mexico during the administrations of U.S. Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.

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Born
Aug 7, 1833
Bethel
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Nationality
  • United States of America
Died
Aug 23, 1914
Washington, D.C.
Resting place
Arlington National Cemetery

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on July 23, 2013

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