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Powell Clayton (August 7 1833 – August 25 1914) 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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active years end date
1871-03-04, 1877-03-03
active years start date
1868-07-02, 1871-03-04
battle
American Civil War
birth date
1833-08-07
birth place
Bethel Township Delaware County Pennsylvania
country
United States
death date
1914-08-25
death place
Washington D.C.
lieutenant
James M. Johnson (Arkansas)
military branch
Union Army
military rank
Brigadier general (United States)
military unit
5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry (Colored)
order in office
9th, Governor of Arkansas
party
Republican Party (United States)
region
Arkansas
seniority
United States Senator
service end year
1865-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
service start year
1861-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
successor
Augustus Hill Garland, Ozra Amander Hadley

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