Bertram Tracy Clayton

Bertram Tracy Clayton (* October 19, 1862 in Clayton, Alabama, † May 30 1918 in Noyers -Saint -Martin, France) was an American soldier and politician (Democratic Party). He was the brother of U.S. Representative Henry De Lamar Clayton.

Career

Bertram Tracy Clayton attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He graduated in 1886 at the Military Academy at West Point (New York), where he was appointed Second Lieutenant in the 11th Regiment, U.S. Infantry. There he served until April 30, 1888, when he resigned and beginning to work as a civil engineer in Brooklyn. During the Spanish- American War he joined on May 20, in 1898 the United States Volunteers, where he held the rank of Captain in the troop C, New York Volunteers. He was later in command of the troops A, B and C of the New York Cavalry and served in Puerto Rico.

Clayton also pursued a political career. He was elected in 1898 for the 4th District of the State of New York in the 56th Congress, but suffered in his candidacy for the 57th Congress defeat. Clayton belonged to the House of Representatives of the United States March 4, 1899 to March 3, 1901. He was appointed by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt to the Captain in the United States Regular Army on 17 April 1901. After that he was stationed 1901-1904 as Quartermaster of the U.S. Army in the Philippines. Clayton was then 1911-1914 quartermaster and paymaster ( disbursing officer ) at the Military Academy at West Point. During the First World War, he was appointed on 15 March 1918 Colonel in the Quartermaster Corps of the U.S. Army. He was quartermaster in the 1st Division in France. Clayton fell in 1918 at Noyers -Saint -Martin in the department of Oise. His body was then transferred to the United States so that he could be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.