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Bookmark or Share- Henry Clay: Biography of the 19th Century Political FigureHenry 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’s 10 Most Significant AccomplishmentsHenry Clay was “The Great Compromiser.” As a statesman for the Union, his skills of negotiation and compromise proved invaluable in helping to hold the country together for the first half of the 19th century. His compromises quelled regionalism and balanced states’ rights and national interests.
- Henry Clay - Senator, Congress & Quotes - BiographyHenry Clay was a 19th-century U.S. politician who served in Congress and as secretary of state under President John Quincy Adams. (1777-1852) Who Was Henry Clay? Henry Clay worked as a...
- Clay, Henry - Encyclopedia.comBorn April 12, 1777 (Hanover County, Virginia) Died June 29, 1852 (Washington, D.C.) Statesman, U.S. senator, congressman. Henry Clay, a Virginian by birth and a Kentuckian by choice, was a fearless fighter for the cause of liberty and for the strength of the Union.
- Henry Clay: A Featured Biography - U.S. SenateA pivotal Senate leader during the antebellum era, a period in Senate history marked by heated debates over slavery and territorial expansion, Clay first entered politics in Kentucky’s state house of representatives in 1803.
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