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Henry Clay ( 1777-04-12 - 1852-06-29 ) was a leading American statesman and orator who served in both the House of Representatives and Senate. Known as "The Great Compromiser" and "The Great Pacifier" for his ability to bring others to agreement, he...


Biography

Name: Henry Clay
Birth Date: April 12, 1777
Death Date: June 29, 1852
Place of Birth: Hanover County, Virginia, United States
Place of Death: Washington, DC, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: secretary of state, political leader, senator

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Biography of Henry Clay
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The American political leader and secretary of state Henry Clay (1777-1852) came to national prominence as leader of the "War Hawks," who drove the country into the War of 1812. For the next 40 years he worked for international peace and sought to...


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British inventor who, in 1772, introduced the technique of papier-mâché. This process, consisting of soaking paper strips in thin starchbased paste and applying them to a surface to form a shape upon hardening, is now used primarily for...
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Westward Expansion 1800-1860: Government and Politics Summary
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On paper, the United States was an extremely large country at the close of the Revolutionary War. In the Treaty of Paris, which ended the war in 1783, the British ceded to the new nation all the territory between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi...
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Clay, Henry Summary
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Henry Clay Born 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...
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Henry Clay Information
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For his namesake son, see Henry Clay. Henry Clay, Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was a nineteenth-century American statesman and orator who represented Kentucky in both the House of Representatives and Senate. He was a dominant figure in...


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The Washington Post
Henry Clay Mitchell
11/14/1993: 469 words, approx. 2 pages
SOME PEOPLE simply defy the obituary form and confound the best meant attempts at eulogy. They have too many parts, too much individuality and propensity for surprise to be categorized in our usual journalistic or rhetorical way. It would greatly please and deeply amuse...
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The Washington Post
Henry Clay Simpson Cabinetmake ...
12/27/2001: 587 words, approx. 2 pages
Henry Clay Simpson, 85, who retired from the Treasury Department in the early 1990s after more than 30 years as a cabinetmaker and machinist, died Dec. 19 at Inova Fairfax Hospital of complications following intestinal surgery. He lived in Fairfax. Mr. Simpson, a...
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The New York Observer
A Novelist Does History; Gilds a Gilded Age Tale
5/29/2005: 1,057 words, approx. 4 pages
Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America, by Les Standiford. Crown, 319 pages, $24.95. In Meet You in Hell, Les Standiford invites readers back to the days when capitalists were capitalists and workers were workers-and when...
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Today in history - Jan. 29
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Today is Monday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2007. There are 336 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 29, 1820, Britain's King George III died at Windsor Castle, ending a reign that had seen both the American and French revolutions.On this...
 


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Three Sectional Leaders
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This essay is about John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster, and Henry Clay.


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