Henry Clay Yawn (July 5, 1859 - August 3, 1936) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate from 1916 to 1920 and from 1928 to 1932.

Henry Clay Yawn was born on July 5, 1859, in Columbia, Alabama.

[1] He took a commercial course and taught at high schools in Columbia, Lumberton, and Purvis.

[1] He did not seek re-election until 1927, when he was elected to the Mississippi Senate again for the 40th district to serve from 1928 to 1932.

[4] Yawn married art teacher Frances "Fannie" Lee Limbaugh, who he met while being the Lumberton assistant superintendent, on August 2, 1893.