| 词条 | Joseph Clay (Georgia) |
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|name = Joseph Clay |office = Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Georgia |appointer = George Washington |term_start = September 16, 1796 |term_end = May 12, 1801 |predecessor = Nathaniel Pendleton |successor = William Stephens |birth_date = {{birth date|1764|8|16}} |birth_place = Beverley, Great Britain |death_date = {{death date and age|1811|1|11|1764|8|16}} |death_place = {{nowrap|Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.}} |party = Federalist |education = Princeton University {{small|(BA)}} }} Joseph Clay (October 16, 1741 – November 15, 1804) was a soldier and public official from Georgia. Born in England, he immigrated to the United States and in 1760 settled in Savannah, Georgia. During the American Revolution, he served on the local council of safety and was a delegate to the Georgia Provincial Congress in 1775. He was a major in the Georgia Line of the Continental Army during the War of Independence. He was appointed by the Continental Congress as deputy paymaster general in Georgia with the rank of colonel on August 6, 1777. He was elected to the Continental Congress in 1778, but did not attend. He was subsequently elected to the Georgia House of Representatives, serving as Speaker of that Assembly in 1782. He was a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Georgia from 1786 to 1801. He was appointed to the United States circuit court for the Fifth Circuit following John Adams's infamous Midnight Judges Act, but declined the commission.[1][2] He was the father of Joseph Clay Jr. and the grandfather of William Henry Stiles, Henry Harford Cumming, and Alfred Cumming (governor). References1. ^Federal Judicial Center – Joseph Clay 2. ^{{citeweb|url=https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1398&context=yjlh|title=After Midnight: The Circuit Judges and the Repeal of the Judiciary Act of 1801|publisher=Yale Law}} See also
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