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Apr 8, 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 internal ...
Jan 31, 2019 · By. Robert McNamara. Updated on January 31, 2019. Henry Clay was one of the most powerful and politically significant Americans of the early 19th century. Though he was never elected president, he held enormous influence in the U.S. Congress.
Henry Clay, by Frederick and William Langenheim, 1850. Henry Clay, (born April 12, 1777, Hanover county, Va., U.S.—died June 29, 1852, Washington, D.C.), U.S. politician. He practiced law from 1797 in Virginia and then in Kentucky, where he served in the state legislature (1803–09).
Henry Clay. Title Speaker of the House, Secretary of State, Senator. Date of Birth - Death April 12, 1777-June 29, 1852. Although never President, Henry Clay dominated the American political landscape in the first half of the nineteenth century and remains one of the most influential men in Antebellum America.
Henry Clay: A Featured Biography. Henry Clay of Kentucky (1777-1852) enjoyed a distinguished political career, even though he never attained his greatest desire—the presidency. A pivotal Senate leader during the antebellum era, a period in Senate history marked by heated debates over slavery and territorial expansion, Clay first entered ...
The name of Henry Clay was stamped deeply on the American political scene during his lifetime. But perhaps his true greatness has emerged since in the overflowing stream of impressive monographs and biographies of his life and achievements.
Apr 12, 2016 · April 12, 2016 | by Nicandro Iannacci. More in Constitution Daily Blog. Portrait by Matthew Harris Jouett, 1818 (credit: Wikimedia Commons) 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.
