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2 unusual facts about Brutus J. Clay


Brutus J. Clay

Brutus Junius Clay (July 1, 1808 – October 11, 1878) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, and a son of Green Clay.

Clay was elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865).


1952 Republican National Convention

Eisenhower was so unfamiliar with politics that even after his nomination he believed that the delegates would choose the vice-presidential nominee, surprising his advisors Lucius D. Clay and Herbert Brownell.

A Report on Germany

After World War II, at the request of General Lucius D. Clay, Lewis H. Brown wrote A Report on Germany, which served as a detailed recommendation for the reconstruction of post-war Germany, and served as a basis for the Marshall Plan.

Clarence S. Clay, Jr.

In 1993, the Acoustical Society of America recognized Clay’s preeminence by awarding him its Silver Medal, “for contributions to understanding acoustic propagation in layered waveguides, scattering from the ocean's boundaries and marine life, and ocean parameters and processes”.

Gadsden Purchase

Prominent attendees included John C. Calhoun, Clement C. Clay, Sr., John Bell, William Gwin, and Edmund P. Gaines, but it was James Gadsden of South Carolina who was influential in the convention’s recommending a southern route for the proposed railroad, beginning in Texas and ending in San Diego or Mazatlán.

George Clay

George H. Clay (1911–1995), president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 1961–1976

George Mackey

He joined the Harvard University Mathematics Department in 1943, was appointed Landon T. Clay Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Science in 1969 and remained there until he retired in 1985.

German submarine U-501

Blair, Clay, Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters 1939-41 (1999), Weidenfeld & Nicolson, New York.

Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia

Blair, Clay, Hitler's U-boat War: The Hunters, 1939-1942.

Gustav Adolf Nosske

He was the only accused who did not seek clemency from General Lucius D. Clay in the American sector of occupation.

Invisible College

Shirky, Clay: Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age.

Jean Edward Smith

Lucius D. Clay: An American Life, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1990 (ISBN 080500999X).

Joseph Mackey Brown

Smith left before the end of his second term to assume the United States Senate seat that became vacant upon the death of Alexander S. Clay, and Brown ran unopposed to become Governor again for the rest of Smith's original term.

Landon T. Clay

Landon T. Clay is an American businessman and founder of the Clay Mathematics Institute.

Lucius Clay

Lucius D. Clay, Jr. (1919–1994), American commander of the Air Defense Command

Lucius D. Clay (1897–1978), American military governor of Germany after World War II

Lucius D. Clay, Jr.

Following World War II, Clay remained in Germany and served as deputy commander and deputy for base services with the European Air Depot, Erding, Germany.

Magellan Telescopes

The two telescopes are named after the astronomer Walter Baade and the philanthropist Landon T. Clay.

Pridgeon

Pridgeon & Clay, a metal stamping and fine-blank components provider

Youghiogheny River

In Chabon's 2000 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, an expert or experts on Yuggogheny cannibal cults are present at the party where Joe Kavalier saves Salvador Dalí from drowning.


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