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Henry Clay Jr. (April 10, 1811 – February 23, 1847) was an American politician and soldier from Kentucky, the third son of US Senator and Representative Henry Clay and Lucretia Hart Clay. He was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1835 and served one term.
- 1831, 1846–1847
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Henry Clay & Lucretia Hart
Henry Clay Jr., who died serving in the Mexican–American War. After the 1844 election, Clay returned to his career as an attorney. Though he was no longer a member of Congress, he remained closely interested in national politics.
Henry Clay, Jr. By Daniel Burge. Historical Marker #1 in Lexington notes the location of Ashland, the home and estate of Kentucky statesman Henry Clay. Henry Clay, Sr. was born in 1777 in Virginia. The son of a Baptist minister, Henry was the seventh of nine children.
The most famous from Buena Vista/La Angostura was that of Henry Clay Jr., the third son of American statesman Henry Clay, a vociferous opponent of the Mexican War. His death was the subject of at least seven prints by Currier and Ives, and Neale and Pate, and others.
- February 22–23, 1847
- Puerto de la Angostura, Coahuila
- American victory, Mexican Army withdraws, U.S. advance stops in the North due to political pressure
Kentucky’s most famous casualty was Henry Clay, Jr., the third son, and namesake, of Henry Clay. Although his father considered the war to be immoral, Henry Clay, Jr., who had graduated from West Point, volunteered for service and died at the Battle of Buena Vista in February 1847.
than she ever before experienced"2 Henry and Lucretia Clay named their son Henry Jr. He was born on April 10,1811, the seventh of their eleven children. Henry Clay Jr. began his formal education at the age of elev en, when he enrolled in the preparatory school at Transylvania University. He graduated four years later with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Henry Clay Jr. (April 10, 1811 – February 23, 1847) was an American politician and soldier from Kentucky, the third son of US Senator and Representative Henry Clay and Lucretia Hart Clay. He was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1835 and served one term.
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