Background
Clay, Brutus Junius was born on July 1, 1808 in Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, United States.
United States representative politician
Clay, Brutus Junius was born on July 1, 1808 in Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, United States.
Born in Richmond, Kentucky to Green Clay and his wife Sally Lewis (died 1867), Clay attended the common schools. Brutus Clay graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky.
He entered into agricultural pursuits and stock raising. His father, who had interests in tens of thousands of acres of land, distilleries and ferries, was considered one of the wealthiest men in Kentucky and had become an influential politician. In 1827 Brutus Clay settled in Bourbon County, where he became deeply involved in agriculture and breeding livestock.
He became recognized in central Kentucky as one of its "most successful stock raisers." lieutenant as a key part of the Inner Bluegrass region economy.
That year, Clay was also elected president of Bourbon County Agricultural Association, which he served for thirty years. He served as president of the Kentucky Agricultural Association 1853-1861.
He was elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865. He served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture (Thirty-eighth Congress).
He was not a candidate for reelection and returned to Kentucky to resume his former pursuits.
He died near Paris, Kentucky on October 11, 1878. He was interred in his family burial ground at "Auvergne," near Paris.
Clay was elected in 1840 as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives. In 1860 Clay was elected again as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives.