Macon County Established 1842; named in honor of Nathaniel Macon of North Carolina, Representative in Congress, 1791-1815. Speaker of the House of Representatives, 1801-07. Senator from North Carolina, 1815-28. President pro tempore of the Senate, 1826-28. Clay County Established 1870; named in honor of Henry Clay. Representative in Congress from Kentucky for many years, sometime Speaker of the House; U.S. Senator and Secretary of State to President John Quincy Adams. Three times a candidate for President. Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission
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