Show Clay Youngest Senator It has been stated that Mr Clay went to the senate when ho was 2f years 8 months and 14 days old n which Is Interesting In view of the fact that the constitution of tht United States Art 1 Sec 3 says NO person shall bo a senator whc shall not have attained the ago of 31 years Clay was born April 12 1777 In 180G ho was appointed to the senate sen-ate to fill n vacancy caused by thf resignation of Gen John Adair ol Kentucky A hunt through a dozer reference books discloses no hint o Irregularity more enlightening thar the clause In the old Johnson encyclo pedla Late in 1800 when scarcely eligible and another In the Natlona Encyclopedia of Biography though constitutionally ho was under ago |