Clay's Whig Party collapsed four years after his death, but Clay cast a long shadow over the generation of political leaders that presided over the Civil War. Mississippi Senator Henry S. …

The Civil War started before he departed and, as there were no federal troops in Washington at the time, Clay organized a group of 300 volunteers to protect the White House and U.S. Naval …

4 days ago · Clay was an unsuccessful candidate for president in three general elections, running first in 1824, then as a National Republican (1832), and finally as a Whig (1844). Clay was …

The Civil War in Kentucky not only divided communities, turning friends and neighbors into foes, it also tore many families apart as well. The Clays were no exception. Henry Clay once said that …

Henry Clay actively encouraged United States participation in the War of 1812. However, he later served as a member of the delegation that negotiated the Treaty of Ghent, playing an …

His death marked the end of the spirit of compromise in antebellum American politics as the 1850s served to be the most contentious decade prior to the Civil War which was wrought with …

Apr 12, 2016 · As a member of the House, Clay took a hawkish stance on relations with Britain and was one of the leading proponents of the War of 1812. Yet he jumped at the opportunity …

Cecil Clay (February 13, 1842 – September 23, 1903) was captain of Company K in the 58th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Once again, Henry Clay, the "Great Compromiser," drafted legislation to reduce the conflict between slave states of the South and the free states of the North; the Comprise of 1850 …

Henry Clay of Kentucky, John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, and Daniel Webster of Massachusetts dominated national politics from the end of the War of 1812 until their deaths in …