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Hace 1 día · Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. He was the seventh House speaker as well as the ninth secretary of state .
29 de jun. de 2024 · Henry Clay (born April 12, 1777, Hanover county, Virginia, U.S.—died June 29, 1852, Washington, D.C.) was an American statesman, U.S. congressman (1811–14, 1815–21, 1823–25), and U.S. senator (1806–07, 1810–11, 1831–42, 1849–52) who was noted for his American System (which integrated a national bank, the tariff, and ...
29 de jun. de 2024 · Henry Clay - Statesman, Politician, Speaker: The boldness of his positions notwithstanding, Clay’s eloquent defense of republican values and national honor endeared him to Kentuckians, who elected him to seven terms in the Kentucky legislature (1803–06, 1807–09).
29 de jun. de 2024 · Henry Clay - The Whig Party years and disappointment: During the 1830s Clay directed the emerging political coalition that eventually styled itself the Whig Party, its very name an indication of its perennially inchoate nature.
Hace 1 día · Henry Clay of Kentucky was the congressional leader of the party from the time of its formation in 1833 until his resignation from the Senate in 1842, and he remained an important Whig leader until his death in 1852.
27 de jun. de 2024 · Henry Clay (1777–1852) was a leading antebellum politician centrally involved in efforts to deal with the increasingly divisive issue of slavery. He was credited with carrying through the Missouri Compromise and setting in motion the Compromise of 1850.
Hace 3 días · Lincoln’s senior colleague, Henry Clay, also opposed the war publicly, but since his son fought and died in the battle of Vera Cruz, the Democratic press regularly portrayed Clay as two-faced and his opposition as insincere and politically motivated.
