Clay, Henry

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1. A Whig political leader of the early nineteenth century known for his efforts to keep the United States one nation despite sharp controversy among Americans over slavery. Clay represented Kentucky, first in the House of Representatives and then in the Senate. He was known as the “Great Pacificator” because of his prominent role in producing the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.

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Clay ran unsuccessfully for president three times. He once said in a speech, “I would rather be right than be president.”

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Clay, Henry

Outside is one of the post's main tourist attractions: Clay Henry, a beer- drinking goat whose pen abuts the shaded porch.

From Time Magazine Archive

Clay, Henry, leads war party in Congress, 292, 294; expects easy conquest of Canada, 294.

From James Madison by Gay, Sydney Howard

In the West, Henry Clay, Henry Clay's candidacy. popularly known as "Harry of the West," was the ideal of a strong minority.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin

Clay, Henry, American statesman, xiii, 5, 21, 28, 75, 76, 90, 94, 251.

From Latin America and the United States Addresses by Elihu Root by Bacon, Robert

Clay, Henry: 41; his character and career, 42, 48; compromise of 1850 originated by him, 99; his death, 100; Lincoln on him, 101, 122.

From Abraham Lincoln by Charnwood, Godfrey Rathbone Benson, Baron