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Henry Clay was appointed Secretary of State by President John Quincy Adams on March 7, 1825. Clay entered his duties on the same day and served until March 3, 1829. Famous as the “Great Pacificator” for his contributions to domestic policy, he emphasized economic development in his diplomacy. Henry Clay, Ninth Secretary of State.
Henry Clay was born in Hanover County, Virginia, on April 12, 1777. After his father died, his mother remarried and Clay moved to Richmond. Despite little formal education, his stepfather secured him a position with the clerk of the High Court of Chancery, where Clay displayed a great affinity for law.
12 de abr. de 2016 · On April 12, 1777, the Kentucky politician Henry Clay was born. His remarkable career included a long stint as Speaker of the House and several failed presidential campaigns. Clay was born near Richmond, Virginia, to a Baptist clergyman and his wife, the seventh of their nine children. Clay’s father passed away when the boy was only four ...
9. Henry Clay influenced a great many future political leaders with his ideology and style. Abraham Lincoln said of Clay that he was “my beau ideal of a statesman” and adopted much of his political ideology himself. 10. Henry Clay gave his country nearly half a century of service as a Representative, Senator, and Secretary of State.
That statesman was Henry Clay of Kentucky. Early in his life, Henry Clay came to Kentucky and was elected to Congress. A “war hawk,” Clay evolved into a diplomat, negotiating the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812. Soon thereafter Clay was elected to the United States House of Representatives. With the petitioned statehood of Missouri ...
17 de ago. de 2010 · Henry Clay: The Essential American. By David S. Heidler. Hardcover, 624 pages. Random House. List price: $30. Read An Excerpt. Clay believed that the slow abolition of slavery in Kentucky could ...
28 de mar. de 2024 · Compromise of 1850, in U.S. history, a series of measures proposed by the “great compromiser,” Sen. Henry Clay of Kentucky, and passed by the U.S. Congress in an effort to settle several outstanding slavery issues and to avert the threat of dissolution of the Union. The crisis arose from the request of the territory of California (December ...
